Today, I presented the research that I have found so far to Mr. Newton and he gave me advice on what to find more information on and where to look. He suggested I read the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report which I found to be very helpful and informative. The IPCC states that the goal of the report is to give comprehensive information “about the state of scientific, technical and socio-economic knowledge on climate change, its impacts and future risks, and options for reducing the rate at which climate change is taking place.” It also creates a summary for policy makers as a way of allowing climate policy to be implemented more easily. Policy makers do not have as much knowledge on specific topics as scientists do because their job is to know the general information, so it is helpful for environmental groups to present their data to these members of government so they can implement policy based on the information.
This table is from the IPCC report and I thought it was really important to see how much of an impact climate change has had and is projected to have on both humans and ecosystems.
Camryn