
On Monday, the International Panel on Climate Change, the world’s foremost scientific body on climate change, is set to give a verdict that can have huge ramifications for the world. It will tell governments what we know about climate change and also how much governments are failing to live up to the goals set in the 2015 Paris Agreement.
In 2014, IPCC’s 5th Assessment Report gave the most emphatic warning on global warming and provided the scientific underpinning for the Paris Agreement.
Here are three things to help you understand the upcoming report and IPCC in general: