2026 Resources for Media

2026

Press release:

Rising emissions have locked-in future climate impacts, but the scale of damage still depends on action taken now – new climate science report reveals

Report launch:

Download Insight figures

Preview of figures:

Video overview of the Insights:

Ocean heat content keeps climbing as Earth’s energy imbalance grows

Sea level rise in a warming world: Acceleration, ice mass loss, and long-term commitment

Water gaps widen as continental drying accelerates

A larger overshoot of 1.5°C forces greater reliance on CO₂ removals and narrows adaptation options

Bundled interventions can transform food systems for health and planetary stability

The social cost of carbon has been severely underestimated

Advances in attribution science demonstrate individual emitters’ climate impacts

Climate clubs can limit carbon leakage, but fairness shapes their feasibility and effectiveness

Organised obstruction prevents effective climate policy through denial, delay, dilution, and distraction

Just energy transition threatened by geopolitical risks and fragmentation

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