A group of the world’s most senior climate scientists have warned the ‘future of humanity hangs in the balance’, with two-thirds of the critical climate change indicators monitored now at the worst level ever recorded.
In an article in the prestigious BioScience journal, the group lay out in stark terms that we are on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster.
“This is a global emergency beyond any doubt. Much of the very fabric of life on Earth is imperiled. We are stepping into a critical and unpredictable new phase of the climate crisis”, they say.
The authors of this report are William J Ripple, Christopher Wolf, Jillian W Gregg, Johan Rockström, Michael E Mann, Naomi Oreskes, Timothy M Lenton, Stefan Rahmstorf, Thomas M Newsome, Chi Xu, Jens-Christian Svenning, Cássio Cardoso Pereira, Beverly E Law, and Thomas W Crowther.
The scientists conclude that despite the ample warnings, we are still moving in the wrong direction. “Fossil fuel emissions have increased to an all-time high, the three hottest days ever occurred in July of 2024 (Guterres 2024), and current policies have us on track for approximately 2.7 degrees Celsius (°C) peak warming by 2100 (UNEP 2023).
“Tragically, we are failing to avoid serious impacts, and we can now only hope to limit the extent of the damage.”
https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/advance-article/doi/10.1093/biosci/biae087/7808595
