On 9th August 2021, the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC released the first part of its sixth assessment report (AR6) titled ‘Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis’. The report was released by one of the three Working Groups of IPCC - intended to assess scientific, technical and socio-economic information concerning climate change.
Major Findings: Climatic extremes such as heatwaves, heavy precipitation, droughts, and tropical cyclones have strengthened since the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5). They include increases in the frequency and intensity of hot extremes, marine heatwaves, and heavy precipitation, agricultural and ecological droughts in some regions, and proportion of ....
