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November 22, 2013

We’ll surpass a critical tipping point in 25 years unless we take action now

A circular visualization showing Earth with a red tint and dramatic weather patterns, featuring a vertical white line from top to center and the year "2038" displayed at the bottom against a black background.

According to the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, we’ll surpass two degrees Celsius of warming if we keep emitting carbon as fast as we are now. Didn’t read the report? We’ve got you covered. Here, the report’s major conclusions are translated into a video visualization.

The final takeaway: “The scale of change depends on decisions made now… It is up to societies now to decide the future we want.”

Courtesy of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme