The latest special report from the IPCC paints a catastrophic picture: temperatures over land surfaces have risen by 1.53 degrees worldwide — and that's just an average. As renowned climate researcher Helga Kromp-Kolb explains, Austria alone has recorded a temperature rise of two degrees. Devastating weather extremes.

The effects of global warming are devastating worldwide, as the report sets out in alarming detail: the already dramatically increased occurrence of heatwaves, drought periods, and extreme weather events will continue to rise, in both duration and intensity...

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