On Monday 4 April, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its latest report on Mitigation. The report provides the world’s definitive assessment of trajectories, options and implications of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to limit global warming.

The report assesses global greenhouse gas emissions scenarios, opportunities to reduce emissions in all sectors and to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, experiences with emissions reduction action to date, and what can be done to achieve strong climate action. It also highlights the fundamental role mitigation plays in achieving global priorities like sustainable development and a range of other national objectives.

Below is a summary of events and media featuring ANU researchers involved with the report.

Events

New IPCC Climate Change Mitigation Report: How can we limit global warming?

What options do we have to limit global warming to 1.5°C and well below 2°C, and are we on track to achieve this goal? At this event, several report authors discuss the key findings of the IPCC’s latest report on mitigation, including how they relate to Australia.

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IPCC's new Climate Change Mitigation Report: What does it mean for the Pacific?

Can we limit further warming? Hear directly from IPCC authors and others working on climate change across the region to find out what the most recent IPCC report means for the Pacific.

Tuesday 10 May

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Media highlights

Australia has a critical role in tackling climate change, ANU Media (media release), Tuesday 5 April.

What Australian cities can do to pull their weight on global warming, Sydney Morning Herald (OpEd), Tuesday 5 April

We urgently need to cut emissions – the good news is we can do it quickly and relatively cheaply, The Guardian (OpEd), Tuesday 5 April

IPCC finds the world has its best chance yet to slash emissions – if it seizes the opportunity, The Conversation, Tuesday 5 April

IPCC says the tools to stop catastrophic climate change are in our hands. Here’s how to use them, The Conversation, Tuesday 5 April

Raising the bar to keep temperatures and sea levels low across the Pacific, ICEDS website (OpEd), Friday 8 April

'Transformational change' needed in all regions and sectors now to mitigate climate change: IPCC, ABC News, Tuesday 5 April

Why the latest UN climate report is positive news, AFR, Tuesday 5 April

Goal of holding global warming to 1.5 degrees ‘no longer plausible’: UN, Sydney Morning Herald, Tuesday 5 April

UN offers new solutions to limit global warming, Sydney Morning Herald, Tuesday 5 April

UN chief attacks Aust climate approach, Perth Now, Tuesday 5 April

Wind and solar make deep cuts in emissions possible, but fossil fuels must go: IPCC, Renew Economy, Tuesday 5 April

“Now or never:” IPCC says immediate and deep cuts needed for liveable future, Renew Economy, Tuesday 5 April

We can't just abandon our Pacific neighbours to the climate crisis, The Canberra Times (OpEd), Monday 11 April.

Urgent warnings and opportunities, Otago Daily Times, Monday 11 April