The report concludes that many of these changes are now “locked in,” meaning that communities are likely to continue experiencing extreme events for decades into the future. The findings from this most recent IPCC report are also particularly alarming in part because they prove what reports from prior decades predicted: Climate change is happening now, and its impacts-especially in the form of extreme weather-are already having devastating effects on humans.
chief referring 4 to its findings as “a code red for humanity.” The report, which was written by 234 scientists and reviews thousands of existing scientific studies on climate change, states that it is unequivocal that humans are responsible for climate change, and-what’s more-that the increasing frequency and severity of specific extreme weather events can be attributed 5 to climate change with a high degree of certainty. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), released on August 9, 2021, paints a dire picture of climate change, with the U.N. The Sixth Assessment Report 3 from the U.N. And the science reveals it will only get worse. 1 Frequent back-to-back hurricanes, 2 coupled with increased flooding, cause damage to already-climate-vulnerable communities unable to recover fully before the next disaster strikes.
Wildfires are burning millions of acres annually. Extreme weather events fueled by climate change are becoming increasingly more frequent, more destructive, and more costly.
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