NY Times: Threatening United Nations Report – Climate Catastrophe Right Here

Humans have already raised the planet’s temperature by about 1.1 degrees Celsius or 2 degrees Fahrenheit since the 19th century, largely because it burns coal, oil, and gas.

The consequences are likely to be felt around the world: This summer alone, heat waves have killed hundreds of people in the US and Canada, Germany and China have been devastated by floods, and rampant wildfires. they are sweeping Siberia, Turkey and Greece.

But that’s just the beginning, according to a report released Monday by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a group of scientists convened by the United Nations.

Even if we started making significant emissions reductions today, temperatures are likely to rise another 1.5 degrees Celsius over the next two decades. So this warmer future that awaits us now is essentially inevitable.