Slow route to net zero will worsen global climate crisis, IPCC chief warns

Even if the 2050 goal is still met, postponing action - as the UK has done - will cause more heat and damagePostponing action and taking a slower route to net zero emissions by 2050 will worsen the climate crisis even if the goal is still reached by that date, the new chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has warned.Prof Jim Skea also said that approving new oil and gas fields only increases the already large amount of reserves that will have to be kept in the ground if global heating limits are to be reached. Continue reading...