The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a special report today on the impacts of global warming of 1.5℃ above pre-industrial levels.
The report outlines the considerable challenges of meeting the Paris Agreement’s more ambitious goal of limiting warming to 1.5℃, the global effort needed to achieve the target, and the consequences of not.
The highlights of the report are presented below:



Rise of the Zombie Bugs takes readers on a jaw-dropping tour of the parasite world
The UK is surprisingly short of water – but more reservoirs aren’t the answer
Lake beds are rich environmental records — studying them reveals much about a place’s history
How ongoing deforestation is rooted in colonialism and its management practices
Wildfires ignite infection risks, by weakening the body’s immune defences and spreading bugs in smoke 



