{"id":52245,"date":"2022-02-28T06:15:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T11:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/?p=52245"},"modified":"2022-02-28T12:24:10","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T17:24:10","slug":"new-ipcc-report-we-are-not-prepared-for-what-is-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/press-release\/52245\/new-ipcc-report-we-are-not-prepared-for-what-is-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"New IPCC report: we are not prepared for what is coming"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Toronto <\/strong>\u2014 In the most comprehensive assessment of climate impacts yet, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Working Group II report delivered their latest scientific assessment to world governments today.<\/p>\n\n


Focusing on impacts, adaptation and vulnerability, the report lays out, in sobering detail, how severe the impacts of climate change already are, causing widespread losses and damages to people and ecosystems around the world, projected to escalate with every bit of further warming.
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Alex Speers-Roesch, Climate Policy Analyst, Greenpeace Canada said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

\u201cClimate change impacts have already caused major loss and damage to people and nature, and Canada is no exception with the recent deadly heat waves, forest fires and floods that have hit our country. This report must be an electrifying wake up call for all governments, including that of Justin Trudeau, to stop approving oil and gas projects and instead accelerate the phase out of fossil fuels and implement more ambitious climate plans aligned with the science.”<\/p>\n\n

Kaisa Kosonen, Senior Policy Advisor, Greenpeace Nordic said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

\u201cThe report makes very painful reading. But only by facing these facts head on, with brutal honesty, can we find solutions that match the scale of the interconnected challenges.<\/p>\n\n


\u201cIt\u2019s all hands on deck now! We need to do everything faster and bolder, at all levels, and leave no one behind. The rights and needs of those in most vulnerable conditions must be placed at the heart and center of climate action. This is the moment to rise up, be bold and think big.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

Since the previous assessment, climate risks are appearing faster and will get more severe sooner. The IPCC finds that mortality from floods, drought and storms was a staggering 15 times higher in highly vulnerable regions during the last decade, compared to regions with very low vulnerability. The report also acknowledges the crucial importance of fighting the interconnected climate and nature crisis together. Only by protecting and restoring ecosystems can we build their resilience towards warming, and protect all their services human well-being depends on.<\/p>\n\n

The report will define climate politics, whether leaders want it or not. Last year in Glasgow at the UN climate summit, governments admitted they\u2019re not doing nearly enough to meet the Paris Climate Agreement 1.5\u00b0C warming limit, agreeing to revisit their national targets by the end of 2022. The next climate summit, COP27 in Egypt later this year, is where countries will have to also address today\u2019s updated IPCC findings on the growing gap on adaptation, on loss and damage, and deep injustices. <\/p>\n\n

The Working Group II contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment will be followed by the contribution of the Working Group III in April, which will assess ways to mitigate climate change. <\/strong>The full story of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report will then be brought together by the Synthesis Report in October.<\/p>\n\n

Highlights from the report:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n