After a six-year process, the leading world body for the assessment of climate change, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), has released their final Synthesis Report that summarizes what we know about climate change and how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
After a six-year process, the leading world body for the assessment of climate change, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), has released their final Synthesis Report that summarizes what we know about climate change and how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The key takeaway – we must act now to secure a livable future for all.
The University of Waterloo is home to six of the IPCC experts who make up this colossal team effort, including Dr. Sarah Burch, Dr. Susan Elliott, Dr. Luna Khirfan, Dr. Linda Mortsh, Dr. Hannah Tait Neufeld and Dr. Michelle Rutty, who led or contributed to chapters in the Mitigation of Climate Change report and Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability report.
“The IPCC is a scientific collaboration like almost no other,” says Burch, professor in the department of Geography and Environmental Management. “Hundreds of scientists from around the world work together to synthesize the work of thousands more, all with the goal of providing the strongest possible evidence to governments about how our climate is changing, and what we can do about it.”
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