“Climate change is a threat to human well-being and planetary health,” the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) wrote in a new report. The report issued a dire warning about the pace of global warming but acknowledges that humans are making progress toward reversing climate change. “There is a rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a livable and sustainable future for all.”
The IPCC published its Synthesis Report that summarizes its research during the sixth climate assessment process, which will guide policy debates ahead of and at the Conference of Parties 28, which will take place in Dubai in November. A summary of findings across a wide range of research, the new report calls for an end to fossil fuel extraction to prevent humanity from overshooting its remaining carbon budget — the amount of CO2 that can be emitted before a…