Report says human actions are causing dangerous disruption, and window to secure a liveable future is closing

• Analysis: This report asks: what is at stake? In short, everything

Fiona HarveyEnvironment correspondentMon 28 Feb 2022 06.00 EST

Climate breakdown is accelerating rapidly, many of the impacts will be more severe than predicted and there is only a narrow chance left of avoiding its worst ravages, theIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change(IPCC) has said.

Even at current levels, human actions in heating the climate are causing dangerous and widespread disruption, threatening devastation to swathes of the natural world and rendering many areas unliveable, according to the landmark report published on Monday.

“The scientific evidence is unequivocal: climate change is a threat to human wellbeing and the health of the planet,” said Hans-Otto Pörtner, a co-chair…