Key insights

• ⚠️ Human-induced global warming of 1.1 degrees Celsius is causing frequent and severe climate extreme events, impacting ecosystems, human societies, and the planet's well-being.
• 🌍 Climate change has severe and widespread impacts, particularly affecting the poorest communities. Its effects are felt differently by men and women.
• 🌡️ Climate change is driving extreme events like heat waves and storms, impacting ecosystems and societies globally.
• 🏞️ The impact of climate change is worsened by destruction of habitats, deforestation, and urbanization.
• 🌿 Protecting and restoring 30-50% of the world's ecosystems can help reduce climate risks, improve lives, and livelihoods.
• 🚨 The IPCC report emphasizes the urgency of immediate and ambitious action to address climate risks, highlighting the need for feasible and effective solutions.
• 📈 Scientific evidence has increased and emphasized the impacts of climate change on ecosystems and human society.
• ⏳ IPCC reports provide up-to-date science for policymakers to inform climate-related policies.

Q&A

• What does the IPCC report emphasize?

  The IPCC report emphasizes urgent and ambitious action on climate risks, the need for feasible and effective solutions, and warns about the consequences of inaction. It stresses the interdependence of climate, biodiversity, and people, and integrates natural, social, and economic sciences. The reports provide up-to-date science for policymakers to inform climate-related policies, backed by an extensive review process ensuring the highest quality and policy relevance.

• How can climate risks be reduced and livelihoods improved?

  Protecting and restoring 30-50% of the world's ecosystems can reduce climate risks and improve livelihoods. Nature-based strategies in cities offer opportunities for adaptation, mitigation, and sustainable development. Fundamental transformation of our way of life is necessary for a healthy planet, as human society, climate, and biodiversity are interconnected and influence each other.

• What worsens the impact of climate change?

  The impact of climate change is worsened by destruction of habitats, deforestation, and urbanization. Increasing urbanization and coastal population growth are particularly affecting African regions. Maladaptation can lead to unintended consequences and disproportionately affect indigenous peoples, ethnic minorities, and disadvantaged groups.

• How is climate change affecting ecosystems and societies globally?

  Climate change is impacting ecosystems and species globally through extreme events like heat waves, storms, marine heat waves, and pushing species towards polar regions, cooler altitudes, or deeper cool waters, causing cascading impacts. It is also magnifying its impacts in cities, affecting public health, critical infrastructure, and settlements near coastal areas.

• What are the impacts of human-induced global warming?

  Human-induced global warming of 1.1 degrees Celsius is leading to frequent and severe climate extreme events, impacting ecosystems, human societies, and the planet's well-being. It affects the ability to grow nutritious food and provide clean drinking water, with 3.3-3.6 billion people living in climate change hot spots. The impacts are felt differently by men and women and affect every ecosystem globally.

• 00:01 Human-induced global warming of 1.1 degrees Celsius is causing frequent and severe climate extreme events, impacting ecosystems, human societies, and the planet's well-being. The report emphasizes the intimate relationship between human well-being, the planet's well-being, and the forces driving climate change.
• 02:00 Climate change has severe and widespread impacts, particularly affecting the poorest communities. Its effects are felt differently by men and women. Climate change affects every ecosystem on the planet.
• 03:58 Climate change is driving extreme events like heat waves and storms, impacting ecosystems and societies globally. Cities face amplified climate change impacts, jeopardizing infrastructure and public health.
• 05:57 The impact of climate change is worsened by destruction of habitats, deforestation, and urbanization. African regions are particularly affected by increasing urbanization and coastal population growth. Maladaptation can lead to unintended consequences and disproportionately affect indigenous peoples, ethnic minorities, and disadvantaged groups.
• 09:06 Protecting and restoring 30-50% of the world's ecosystems can help reduce climate risks, improve lives, and livelihoods. Nature-based strategies in cities offer opportunities for adaptation, mitigation, and sustainable development. Transforming our way of life is essential for a healthy planet. Human society, climate, and biodiversity are interconnected and influencing each other.
• 11:10 The IPCC report emphasizes the urgency of immediate and ambitious action to address climate risks, highlighting the need for feasible and effective solutions. It warns about the consequences of inaction and stresses the interdependence of climate, biodiversity, and people.