IPCC: Window to deliver 'sustainable, liveable future for all' is closing

'Survival guide for humanity'

Latest report from UN body urges policymakers, investors and businesses to work together to accelerate decarbonisation efforts across the global economy, as it warns progress remains far too slow despite a raft of readily-available climate solutions.

The world's top climate scientists have called for the "mainstreaming" of climate action across society, warning the window for securing a liveable, sustainable future is rapidly closing despite there being "multiple, feasible and effective" solutions available to stave off dangerous levels of global warming. The latest report from the scientists on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, approved by governments this weekend, warns the sluggish embrace of proven low carbon technologies and business models over the past decade means steeper emissions cuts will be required than prev...