IPCC Climate Report: Six Key Findings for Water

The United Nations climate panel issued a blunt and urgent warning to the world on Monday.
In summarizing its report on the consequences of climate change, the scientific body described a society running out of time to prevent unbearable damage to the planet’s lands and waters — and to the people and creatures that depend on them.
More than any previous IPCC report, it cast a light on the intersections between climate, communities, and economies, recognizing that risk from warming temperatures is not evenly distributed around the world.
To right those inequities, the report urges leaders to quicken the pace of emissions reductions as well as adaptation to expected environmental changes.
Circle of Blue breaks down the report's 6 key water-related findings.

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Climate Change Is Intensifying the Water Cycle, New IPCC Report Finds

The sixth climate assessment from the IPCC, released last August, painted an alarming picture of the future of fresh water.
Man-made contributions to a warming planet are far-reaching, the report concluded. It found more evidence that severe weather events are linked to carbon in the atmosphere and are becoming more extreme. And it showed that certain trends such as rising seas and shrinking ice sheets will continue even if carbon pollution were halted immediately. But it also indicated that by swiftly and drastically cutting greenhouse gas emissions, the worst effects of climate change can be prevented, avoiding worst-case outcomes for water availability.