Like many climate hawks, I’ve spent the past several months anticipating COP26 with a healthy mix of hope and dread. Now that the conference is well underway, I’ve decided to write a quick overview and my initial thoughts on the proceedings and beyond.
This report addresses the most up-to-date physical understanding of the climate system and climate change, bringing together the latest advances in climate science, and combining multiple lines of evidence from paleoclimate, observations, process understanding, and global and regional climate simulations.
What does this report say? And what does it mean for the movement for climate justice?