This from the latest IPCC synthesis report. They highlight the difference between the Fifth Assessment Reports (AR5 - 2014) and the Sixth Assessment Reports (AR6 - 2022)

Due to

1) Current impact observations,

2) Improved understanding of the climate system and

2) New knowledge on our collective vulnerability

They make this adjustment in their risk assessments: “Risk levels become high to very high 𝙖𝙩 𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙡𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙜𝙡𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙡 𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜.”

Simply put this means greater impacts sooner than imagined.

There should be no delay in our collective actions to mitigate against this getting a lot worse (ie being unable to keep warming well below 2°) and adapting to impacts we are already committed to.

Climate literacy is now really a non negotiable.

#futureofwork #climateliteracy #leadership #riskassessment