IPCC: The world is not ready for climate change

Now on the C&C website: IPCC report on impacts and risks of climate change. “The world is ill-prepared for risks from a changing climate.”

March 31 2014 The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued a report today that says the effects of climate change are already occurring on all continents and across the oceans. The world, in many cases, is ill-prepared for risks from a changing climate. The report also concludes that there are opportunities to respond to such risks, though the risks will be difficult to manage with high levels of warming.

The report, titled Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability, from Working Group II of the IPCC, details the impacts of climate change to date, the future risks from a changing climate, and the opportunities for effective action to reduce risks.

Download the IPCC’s Summary report here (pdf – 2 Mb)