The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has finalized a new report with the most up-to-date assessment of global warming, climate change, and its impacts.
The IPCC report, to be presented on Monday, August 9, will "provide a clearer picture of future warming."
The report will also address human influence on the climate, including extreme events. It is expected that the ‘clearer picture’ will show that Earth's temperature is rising faster than previously anticipated by the IPCC.
The report is compiled to offer the most "up-to-date physical understanding of the climate system and climate change, bringing together the latest developments in climate science and multiple lines of evidence."
The 2015 Paris Agreement set the goal of limiting global warming to one and a half to two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
The new IPCC report is expected to show that this maximum limit will be reached by 2030 (in 8 years) and will have major environmental consequences.
The IPCC climate panel consists of representatives from 195 countries. The IPCC is one of the most respected and credible sources of climate science. The report is primarily based on already published scientific research and includes contributions from 234 authors. Two more reports will be published, with the next (second) expected to be completed in February 2022.