Mass starvation, extinctions, disasters: The new IPCC report’s grim predictions, and why adaptation efforts are falling behind

A previous report, published last year, confirmed Earth has already warmed by 1.09℃ since pre-industrial times. Image: Unsplash/ Phillip Flores
Joy Pereira
Professor, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (National University of Malaysia)
Mark Howden
Director, ANU Institute for Climate, Energy and Disaster Solutionsty, Australian National University
Roberto Sánchez
Professor, Colegio de la Frontera Norte

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