Despite efforts to reduce the risks, changes in the Earth’s climate caused by human activity are affecting the lives of billions of people, according to a major international report published today.
Despite efforts to reduce the risks, changes in the Earth’s climate caused by human activity are affecting the lives of billions of people, according to a major international report published today.
For the past three years, Leeds researchers have worked with hundreds of experts from across the world to deliver the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, which assesses the impacts of climate change and how humanity and ecosystems are both vulnerable and adapting to it.
Increased heatwaves, droughts and floods are already causing widespread destruction to the natural world, as well as disrupting and endangering human communities. The report highlights that people and ecosystems least able to cope are being hardest hit.
Although some attempts to adapt to climate change have been observed across all regions of the world, authors of the report stress that much more progress is required to reduce the risks to both society and the environment.
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