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On Monday, August 9, 2021, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a major new climate report titled AR6 Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis.
This report addresses the most up-to-date physical understanding of the climate system and climate change, bringing together the latest advances in climate science, and combining multiple lines of evidence from paleoclimate, observations, process understanding, and global and regional climate simulations.
What does this report say? And what does it mean for the movement for climate justice?
Where To Read the Climate Report
If you’re not a climate scientist, the most accessible part of the report itself is the Summary for Policymakers. I always read this part of major climate reports, especially if I don’t plan to read the full report. It explains the major findings of the report, including how those findings relate to public policy decisions made in response to the climate crisis.
If you’re someone who votes or engages in other political activity, you count as a policymaker too! Therefore, if you can handle reading a thirty-nine-page report, please read the Summary for Policymakers.
