The latest report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), warning that “strong” and “rapid and large-scale” reductions in greenhouse gas emissions are required to prevent runaway global warming, has increased pressure on the UK government to accelerate action. The IPCC said the changes already being observed in the climate are “unprecedented in thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of years”.
IPCC report is a ‘wake-up call’
