Climate Crisis: 'Window for action' is closing, Ryan warns as UN releases stark report

A new UN report says human influence on the climate is ‘unequivocal’ 

Humans are unequivocally driving global warming – with impacts from heatwaves to rising seas and extreme rain already seen around the world, a new UN report warns.

The assessment from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change paints a stark picture of the impact humans are having through activities such as burning fossil fuels – and the future the world faces if it fails to rapidly tackle the crisis.