{"id":13121,"date":"2022-02-24T10:39:16","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T10:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/india\/?p=13121"},"modified":"2025-07-10T10:36:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T10:36:51","slug":"look-up-another-warning-by-ipcc-climate-scientists-is-heading-our-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/india\/en\/story\/13121\/look-up-another-warning-by-ipcc-climate-scientists-is-heading-our-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Look up! Another warning by IPCC climate scientists is heading our way"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Remember the Code Red for Humanity<\/a>? It was the warning report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)<\/a>, which is composed of the world\u2019s leading climate scientists. Issued last August, the report was the latest summary of what\u2019s happening to our climate system, and where we are headed if necessary action isn\u2019t taken.

Well, the scientists are back. 

On 28 February, the second of four parts of the latest IPCC assessment will be published. The report will pick up right where the previous one left off<\/a>: focusing on the impacts<\/em><\/strong> of the climate crisis on humanity, our homes, livelihoods and the ecosystems we depend on.<\/p>\n\n

Do we really need another report? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Of course, we don’t need another report to realise we\u2019re in deep trouble already. But we do all need an updated assessment of our possible futures ahead.<\/p>\n\n

The climate crisis today isn\u2019t what it was 5, 10 or indeed 32 years ago, when the scientific community delivered their very first comprehensive assessment<\/a> to world governments. It keeps evolving.<\/p>\n\n

Since their previous full assessment<\/a> in 2014, the situation has, again, worsened. The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(<\/a>NOAA) has warned that the years since then, 2013-2021, all rank among the ten-warmest years on record<\/strong>. According to the World Meteorological Organisation, we\u2019re now officially in <\/strong>uncharted territory<\/strong><\/a> with climate change.<\/p>\n\n

So it\u2019s vital now, more than ever, to have the world\u2019s scientific community come together, and form a connected picture of what lies ahead, and how the climate emergency interacts with other crises to inform the choices we will be making in these critical, decisive years.

What we expect to learn from this next part of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n