This year's Nobel Peace Prize justly rewards the thousands of scientists of the United Nations Climate Change Panel (the IPCC). These scientists are engaged in excellent, painstaking work that establishes exactly what the world should expect from climate change. The other award winner, former US ...
Consensual scientific knowledge is only a minimum common denominator for thousands of scientists of different disciplines and thousands of studies that, due to their multiplicity, heterogeneity, and complexity, may sometimes mismatch. If we, scientists and science managers just prosecute credibility and ...
Working Group II’sClimate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. It’s the second part of the latest assessment report on the state of the planet, which draws on the work of thousands of scientists and has taken over seven years to put together. And...
The assessments undergo an extensive review process that involves thousands of scientists and government officials, and the final products represent consensus within the scientific community. As a result, the IPCC reports are considered the authority on the risks and impacts of global warming. LiveScien...
The fight to keep global heating under 1.5 degrees Celsius has reached "now or never" territory, according to a new report released Monday by the world's leading climate scientists. The highly anticipated report, delayed slightly due to last-minute disputes over the exact wording of the document...
scientists that do not criticize the least the IPCC reports, but that seem to do so after a skillfull editing done by a journalist, who did not necessarily do it intentionnally by the way. When, after one hour of interview, if not more, just 2 sentences are broadcasted on the radio, ...
“None of this would be possible without the dedication of the co-chairs of Working Group II and the hundreds of scientists and experts who volunteered their time to produce this report, as well as the more than 1,700 expert reviewers worldwide who contributed their invaluable oversight. ...
In effect, this is what the IPCC is really saying about the “certainty” of scientists contributing to its assessment of the present state of climate science: “Trust us.Wereckon the scientists — collectively —feel95% certain. But don’t ask us how.” ...
In a recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), scientists have stated that there are many feasible and effective options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to human-induced climate change, and these options are now available. "Mainstreaming effective and equit...
Fear & Wonder is a new climate podcast, brought to you by The Conversation. It will take you inside the IPCC’s era-defining climate report via the hearts and minds of the scientists who wrote it. The first episode drops on March 23. Learn morehere, or subscribe on your favourite podcas...