Carbon accounting tricks will no longer cut it - the IPCC report shows our future depends on urgent climate action | Adam Moreton

The Morrison government's 'technology, not taxes' mantra ignores the fact that taxes pay for technology, and affordable technology can make a differenceMajor climate changes inevitable and irreversible - IPCC's starkest warning yetIPCC's verdict on climate crimes of humanity: guilty as hellClimate crisis 'unequivocally' caused by humans, says IPCCDownload the free Guardian app; get our morning email briefingHow many wake-up calls on the climate does Australia need?It is an unanswerable question, of course - we've been here too many times before to pretend otherwise - but everyone should read the summary of the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, regardless. Using careful scientific language, it tells the story of what is happening across the planet with a bracing clarity that is at once familiar and alarming. Continue reading...