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🌍 IPCC Releases First Assessment Report on Climate Change

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change releases its first assessment report, linking increases in carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere, and a resultant rise in global temperature, to human activities.
IPCC Releases First Assessment Report on Climate Change (1990)
Climate ChangeGlobal WarmingEnvironmental ScienceEnvironmentalismSustainability

🌍 Paris Agreement on Climate Change Negotiated

Paris Agreement on Climate Change Negotiated (2015)
Climate ChangeEnvironmentalismInternational RelationsUnited NationsGlobal WarmingSustainabilityDiplomacyEnvironmental Policy
FranceFrance

🌍 Adoption of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change

Paris Agreement on Climate Change
Adoption of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change (2016)
Climate ChangeEnvironmentalismInternational RelationsUnited NationsSustainabilityGlobal Governance
FranceFranceUnited StatesUnited StatesChinaChinaIndiaIndiaBrazilBrazil

🌎 IPCC Releases First Part of Sixth Assessment Report on Climate Change

August 9: The Intergovernmental Panel on climate change releases the first part of its Sixth Assessment Report, which concludes that the effects of human-caused climate change are now "widespread, rapid, and intensifying".
IPCC Releases First Part of Sixth Assessment Report on Climate Change (2021)
Climate ChangeEnvironmental ScienceGlobal WarmingEnvironmentalismSustainability

🌡️ Hottest Year on Record

2023 is the hottest year on record.
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