The climate science profession has seen entire specialties emerge and mature in the years since the IPCC's previous mega-report on science.
Since the last report by the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 2013, both greenhouse gas emissions and the average global temperature have only continued to climb.
The planet is on 'red alert', the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said
If emissions continue at the current rate, then the earth is headed for a 3 deg Celsius temperature rise
Food supply chains will get disrupted globally, the study warns. Report to be officially released in August
Targets for 2020-2030 under Paris Agreement need to be upped; US refuses to endorse report findings