Glacier. Credits: United Nations Photo (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

Released last Monday (20), the report developed by the panel provides a final summary of the scientific consensus from previous years on global warming.

Nothing new? The document did not produce new studies, but synthesized the last six reports prepared by the IPCC on climate change and its global impact, a powerful warning for understanding global warming and where we stand on this thermometer. According to the panel's calculations, we need to reduce global emissions by half [48%] by 2030, and by up to 99% of emissions by 2050.

“Everything, everywhere, at the same time” (?) sounds like a movie title, but it isn't; the quote is a quote from the thinking of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres. According to him:

“Humanity is on thin ice — and that ice is melting rapidly.”

^{Photo: UN Photo / Jean-Marc Ferré}

Following Guterres's speech about "everything-everywhere-at-the-same-time", we've devised a thought process highlighting the main points of attention in the report:

Follow the thread:

1 — The use of fossil fuels [oil, coal, and natural gas] is overwhelmingly driving global warming;

2 — To keep warming to 1.5°C — the temperature already projected for 2030 — relative to pre-industrial levels [the historical period preceding the emergence of industry], greenhouse gas emissions need to decrease rapidly and sustainably across all sectors;

3 — For this ideal scenario, according to the most recent IPCC calculations, we need to halve global emissions by 2030 [48%] and reduce them by up to 99% by 2050;

4 — Climate action movements and funding for solutions to the issue are still insignificant and overshadowed by financial flows to fossil fuels;

5 — Climate change threatens food security and affects water security; extreme heat events impact mortality rates and disease;

6 — For the world to be sustainable and equitable, we need a union between global governance, the private sector, and civil society.

“This synthesis report underscores the urgency of taking more ambitious measures and shows that if we act now, we can still ensure a sustainable and habitable future for all,” said IPCC Chair Hoesung Lee.

^{© IMAGO / ZUMA Press}

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