The IPCC's Sixth Assessment Cycle

Over its 8-year sixth assessment cycle, the @IPCC_CH has produced its most comprehensive climate change appraisal yet.

Carbon Brief has been there every step of the way.

Here is all our coverage in one place and thread of a few highlights:https://t.co/SGR2r5hBJP

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First on the IPCC’s priority list for the AR6 cycle was a special report on 1.5C in 2018.

Carbon Brief produced an interactive comparing the impacts of warming at 1.5C, 2C and beyond.

It won us an @absw award for best innovation:https://t.co/UHvg3LX9Le

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The special report on land followed in 2019. As part of our coverage, @daisydunnesci and @tomoprater produced this interactive on how climate change could threaten traditional foods around the world.https://t.co/vJEhe6C2D7

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The special report on the ocean and cryosphere followed just a month later. Our coverage included this explainer on sea level rise by @hausfath:https://t.co/ags4h5bVLy

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The IPCC’s first full assessment report for AR6, published in 2021, focused on climate science.

Carbon Brief went big, publishing six articles, including @rtmcswee’s explainer on what the report said about extreme weather:https://t.co/0CWa7zZIRr

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The second assessment report, on climate impacts, followed in 2022. This warned that the threat posed by climate change to human well-being and the health of the planet is “unequivocal”.

Here’s our in-depth summary:https://t.co/ppy5cihMbD

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The IPCC’s third and final assessment report was on climate change mitigation. Our coverage included analysis by @hausfath on how to limit warming to 1.5C or 2C:https://t.co/325NpIMwqI

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The final part is the synthesis report, which the IPCC published this week. This takes into account all the assessment and special reports in AR6. Here’s our Q&A:https://t.co/KWHoPr3Wsy

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All these reports have had hundreds of authors from dozens of countries. Analysis by @AyeshaTandon showed how the diversity of these authors has changed since its first report in 1990:https://t.co/TVt4XHhrcs

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— Carbon Brief (@CarbonBrief) March 24, 2023