Climate change can't be avoided, says UN as it warns of dire consequences

Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg and American climate activist Alexandria Villasenor at a demonstration in front of the United Nations in September 2019. Picture: Richard Drew/AP Photo

A new UN report will set out a stark message on the state of the climate crisis, raising pressure on Governments here and abroad to act.

The report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), to be published today, is the first part of a review of scientific knowledge about how the world is warming due to human activity.