A key finding in the latest IPCC climate report has been widely misinterpreted. “Global greenhouse gases are projected to peak between 2020 and at the latest by 2025, in global modelled pathways that limit warming to 1.5C,” the summary states. This implies that carbon could increase for another three years and the world could still avoid dangerous warming. This will take a herculean effort, with carbon emissions needing to shrink by 43% by the end of this decade to stay under this threshold of danger. Who is responsible to making the report clear for everyone ?

