Through a rigorous scientific process, these findings are summarized into 10 insights, offering valuable guidance for policymakers and society.

Unveiled at COP28, the scientific insights presented in the report provide indispensable evidence for decision-makers in business and policy, equipping them with the latest climate science to facilitate informed, effective decision-making on holistic climate and nature solutions. This is especially timely against the backdrop of the inaugural Global Stocktake at COP28, which underscores the pressing need for transformative actions to fulfill the ambitions of the Paris Agreement.

The 2023-2024 insights are clear: we are inevitably heading to surpass the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C global warming target. Minimizing this overshoot is critical if we want to reduce global risks, and this cannot be achieved without a rapid and managed fossil fuel phaseout.

Key insights at a glance:

  1. Overshooting 1.5°C is fast becoming inevitable. Minimizing the magnitude and duration of overshoot is essential.
  2. A rapid and managed fossil fuel phase-out is required to stay within the Paris Agreement target range.
  3. Robust policies are critical to attain the scale needed for effective carbon dioxide removal (CDR).
  4. Over-reliance on natural carbon sinks is a risky strategy: their future contribution is uncertain.
  5. Joint governance is necessary to address the interlinked climate and biodiversity emergencies.
  6. Compound events amplify climate risks and increase their uncertainty.
  7. Mountain glacier loss is accelerating.
  8. Human immobility in areas exposed to climate risks is increasing.
  9. New tools to operationalize justice enable more effective climate adaptation.
  10. Reforming food systems can contribute to just climate action.

Explore the full 2023-2024’s 10 New Insights in Climate Science here: Essential research findings to support decision-making in a critical decade - 10insightsclimate

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