“Humanity is on thin ice – and that ice is melting fast. The rate of temperature rise in the last half century is the highest in 2,000 years. Concentrations of carbon dioxide are at their highest in at least two million years.”

Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the UN, was quoted saying, “Humanity is on thin ice – and that ice is melting fast. The rate of temperature rise in the last half century is the highest in 2,000 years. Concentrations of carbon dioxide are at their highest in at least two million years. The climate time-bomb is ticking. But today’s IPCC report is a how-to guide to defuse the climate time-bomb. It is a survival guide for humanity.”

Read more here: Secretary-General’s video message for press conference to launch the Synthesis Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change