The IPCC Synthesis Report: Ten key takeaways

The latest report published yesterday by the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) makes for bleak reading, with its warnings of spiralling temperatures, frequent and extreme weather events, breached adaptation limits, and irreversible tipping points. But it is also a handbook for how businesses, governments, and investors can work together to avert the worst case scenarios faced by civilisation, setting out the levers that need to be pulled to secure a more liveable and prosperous future for humanity. Endorsed by governments over the weekend, the report's 'summary for policy...