{"id":42833,"date":"2014-08-27T22:32:41","date_gmt":"2014-08-28T02:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/?p=42833"},"modified":"2014-08-27T22:36:33","modified_gmt":"2014-08-28T02:36:33","slug":"climate-synthesis-ipcc-report-sent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetsave.com\/articles\/climate-synthesis-ipcc-report-sent\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate Synthesis Sent To World Leaders By IPCC"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Or do you? It\u2019s time to pay attention to climate change now\u2014as if it wasn\u2019t back in 1800, when our current problems started.<\/p>\n

We all need to acknowledge that stunning industrial achievements can carry with them enormous unforeseen risks and challenges.\u00a0Americans should take particular note, because on the whole we are wa-a-a-y behind on this. “The atmosphere and ocean have warmed, the amounts of snow and ice have diminished, and sea level has risen,\u201d says the intergovernment community on climate change (IPCC<\/a>). Climate change has already raised world temperatures over the past two centuries by\u00a0about 1.5 degrees F (almost 1 degree C) and has begun to raise sea level, alter\u00a0ecosystems, affect agriculture, and impair life on the planet\u00a0with\u00a0flood, heat, drought, and\u00a0storms.<\/p>\n

The world’s finest\u00a0scientists and climate policy advisors have just finished drafting their\u00a0Synthesis Report<\/a>\u00a0of climate information most recently published in scientific, technical, and socioeconomic literature worldwide. Media outlets such as The New York Times<\/em> and USA Today<\/em> have received prepublication copies.<\/p>\n

The new United Nations report is not prescriptive. Rather, it aims to give policymakers in every country access not only to the current science of climate change, but to also potential impacts and the options we have for adaptation and mitigation.<\/p>\n

Several years in the making, the climate synthesis draft measures \u201csevere, pervasive, and irreversible impacts\u201d that a changing climate has begun to impose and will continue to press on the planet. It went out yesterday to the leaders of every government in the world for review and\u00a0comments on the text and conclusions.<\/p>\n

The climate synthesis presents some clear warnings, and an even more compelling picture than all the other climate summaries published to date. Justin Gillis of The New York Times<\/em> puts it this way:<\/p>\n

\u201cUsing blunter, more forceful language than the reports that underpin it, the [fifth IPCC assessment synthesis] draft highlights the urgency of the risks that are likely to be intensified by continued emissions of heat-trapping gases, primarily carbon dioxide, released by the burning of fossil fuels.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The 127-page report integrates the key messages from the extensive reports of three working sessions<\/a>:<\/p>\n