Achieving net zero will require action from everyone – and a renewed emphasis on science and innovationPatrick Vallance is the UK government chief scientific adviserThe release today of the first part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s sixth assessment report makes for stark reading. It reaffirms that anthropogenic climate change is real, present and lasting: it is now unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land to an unprecedented degree, with effects almost certain to worsen through the coming decades.The report also dispels any notion that the effects of the climate crisis are abstract or distant.… Source – Full Article https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/09/ipcc-report-transforming-society-avert-catastrophe-net-zero