#6 Mitigating Climate Change: The Last Sequel of the IPCC’s 6th Assessment Report

Time to Shift - English Edition

Have you heard about the latest IPCC report on climate change mitigation, but felt intimidated going through a few thousand pages of scientific literature? We get it. If you want to get an idea of its key messages in less than 20 minutes, you’ve come to the right place!

The IPCC Working Group 3’S contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) provides an updated assessment on how we - as a global society - are progressing with mitigating climate change and which technological solutions are available to bring worldwide emission reductions in line with the 1.5°C global warming target. It also sheds new light on some of the social aspects of climate mitigation, such as how our individual consumption drives emissions growth.

If you feel that you need to freshen up your knowledge on what climate change is and its fundamental consequences for the environment and our society, we recommend listening to our previous episode on the first sequel of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6): https://smartlink.ausha.co/time-to-shift-english-edition/1-unders .

Here are some of the key findings from the report:

• If we phase out fossil fuels at a great pace - preferably already by the end of this decade - we still have a chance to meet the 1.5 °C target.
• The costs of several low-emission technologies, including for solar and wind energy and for batteries have fallen continuously since 2010, increasing the economic attractiveness of low-emission energy sector transitions through 2030. .
• Reducing emissions today will be less expensive and less damaging for the climate than relying on carbon removal technologies in the future.
• Demand-side measures and new ways of end-use service provision can reduce global GHG emissions in end use sectors by 40-70% by 2050 compared to baseline scenarios.By reducing and changing our personal consumption, we can become empowered citizens actively contributing to climate mitigation.
  

For the full report: https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg3 .You can also find the Summary for Policymakers here: https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg3/downloads/report/IPCC_AR6_WGIII_SPM.pdf .