Professor Yacob Mulugetta helps develop landmark UN report on global warming

The report, United in Science, underlies the glaring, and growing gaps, between agreed targets to tackle global warming and the actual reality. It was coordinated by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and aims to present a transparent envelope of authoritative and actionable cutting-edge science.

It includes details on the state of the climate and presents trends in the emissions and atmospheric concentrations of main greenhouse gases. The report highlights the urgency of fundamental socio-economic transformation in key sectors such as land use and energy in order to avert dangerous global temperature increase with potentially irreversible impacts. It also examines tools to support both mitigation and adaptation.

United in Science was endorsed by the Science Advisory Group to the UN Secretary-General’s Climate Action Summit, of which Professor Mulugetta is a member. The Science Advisory Group comprises highly recognized and respected international climate scientists, with expertise in different areas of climate science including on mitigation and adaptation.

Professor Mulugetta said: “The science is clear about climate change, we are the primary cause of global warming, and we need rapid and widespread action to sharply reduce our emissions. This will require the political will and strong leadership that can drive transformation.”

The Science Advisory Group said: “The Report provides a unified assessment of the state of our Earth system under the increasing influence of anthropogenic climate change, of humanity’s response thus far and of the far-reaching changes that science projects for our global climate in the future. The scientific data and findings presented in the report represent the very latest authoritative information on these topics.”

As part of the Climate Action Summit 2019 in New York, Professor Mulugetta presented on the key overarching challenges, opportunities, solutions and co-benefits of science-driven transformations in energy transition. Speaking alongside fellow Science Advisory Group members, the session focused on the role of science in enabling synergies and cross-sectoral integration.

The report, United in Science, underlies the glaring, and growing gaps, between agreed targets to tackle global warming and the actual reality. It was coordinated by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and aims to present a transparent envelope of authoritative and actionable cutting-edge science.

It includes details on the state of the climate and presents trends in the emissions and atmospheric concentrations of main greenhouse gases. It highlights the urgency of fundamental socio-economic transformation in key sectors such as land use and energy in order to avert dangerous global temperature increase with potentially irreversible impacts. It also examines tools to support both mitigation and adaptation.

United in Science was endorsed by the Science Advisory Group to the UN Secretary-General’s Climate Action Summit, of which Professor Mulugetta is a member. The Science Advisory Group comprises highly recognized and respected international climate scientists, with expertise in different areas of climate science including on mitigation and adaptation.

Professor Mulugetta said: “The science is clear about climate change, we are the primary cause of global warming, and we need rapid and widespread action to sharply reduce our emissions. This will require the political will and strong leadership that can drive transformation.”

The Science Advisory Group said: “The Report provides a unified assessment of the state of our Earth system under the increasing influence of anthropogenic climate change, of humanity’s response thus far and of the far-reaching changes that science projects for our global climate in the future. The scientific data and findings presented in the report represent the very latest authoritative information on these topics.”

As part of the Climate Action Summit 2019 in New York, Professor Mulugetta presented on the key overarching challenges, opportunities, solutions and co-benefits of science-driven transformations in energy transition. Speaking alongside fellow Science Advisory Group members, the session focused on the role of science in enabling synergies and cross-sectoral integration.