Dire warning on climate change ‘is being ignored’ amid war and economic turmoil

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The third segment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report is being overshadowed, just like the previous one

Students protest in Toulouse, France, on 25 March, about government inaction on climate change.
Students protest in Toulouse, France, on 25 March, about government inaction on climate change.Photograph: Alain Pitton/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock

Fiona Harvey

Sun 3 Apr 2022 03.45 EDT

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/apr/03/dire-warning-on-climate-change-is-being-ignored-amid-war-and-economic-turmoil

Scientists fear that their last-ditch climate warnings are going unheeded amid international turmoil caused by the war in Ukraine, and soaring energy prices.

The third segment of the landmark scientific report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – which could be the last comprehensive assessment of climate science to be published while there is still time to avoid the worst ravages of climate breakdown – will be published on Monday, warning that the world is not shifting quickly enough to a low-carbon economy.

But theprevious instalmentof the vast report – known asworking group 2 of the IPCC– was published a month…

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