The best-case scenario now is that the planet will only temporarily breach 1.5°C of warming, but current climate pledges fall way short of that hope

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA — Following the abrupt conclusion of the 65th plenary meeting of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in Addis Ababa, countries failed to agree on the budget or timeline for publication of the Seventh Assessment Report cycle (AR7). As a result, the report may not be available in time for the second Global Stocktake (GST2) under the Paris Agreement, which begins at the United Nations’ COP31 climate conference this November and directs countries to assess their progress toward existing climate goals. To support that stock take process, the AR7 report would have provided countries with up-to-date insights derived from thousands of peer-reviewed papers to provide governments with objective data on climate change. Environmental Defense Fund’s Executive Vice President Angela Churie Kallhauge issued the following statement regarding the timeline for the IPCC’s next climate report: “Science is the bedrock of effective, equitable, and ambitious climate action. As countries prepare to kick off the second Global Stocktake at COP31, we need the science to better understand our collective progress and guide the next phase of national climate plans. Without it, we risk making decisions in the dark. “The vast majority of governments, particularly Least Developed Countries and Small...

The 192 governments of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) are meeting this week in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This may be their last chance to agree to publish all three Working Group reports by 2028. IPCC Chair Jim Skea with former IPCC Secretary Abdalah Mokssit. Photo Credit: IPCC / Flickr GLAND, Switzerland (13 October 2026) - The world risks missing a key deadline for the climate science needed to cut emissions and prepare for a hotter planet. The 192 governments of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) are meeting this week in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This may be their last chance to agree to publish all three Working Group reports by 2028. The timing matters. If the reports are ready in 2028, governments will have the best available science before they review global progress and decide what to do next on emissions cuts, adaptation, finance, and international cooperation. For decades, governments have used IPCC reports to guide global climate policy. The Sixth Assessment Report helped inform the first Global Stocktake. The Seventh must be ready to guide the second. Its findings need to be available before decisions are made, so they can support stronger, faster and fairer action...

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