Get the Climate FAQs

We designed this website and campaign to assist people to become more knowledgeable about climate change and to consider actions we might take. The reports show the world is way off track in its efforts to meet the targets set forth in the United Nations' Paris Agreement of November 2016, but many of us may not have a full grasp of what that means.

Issues around climate change have been on the radar of scientists and environmentalists around the globe for decades, but it only recently many of us are becoming motivated to get a better understanding of the issues. This campaign is designed to assist non-scientists to obtain some clear information easily.

The UN Special Report, “Global Warming of 1.5°C,” was published October 8, 2018 by the IPCC. The report answers the questions:

• Why are we talking about 1.5°C?
• What are the impacts of 1.5°C and 2°C of warming?
• What transitions could enable limiting global warming to 1.5°C?

We found it surprisingly difficult to be able to understand all aspects of the IPCC Report and looked for a more accessible version of the Report. We found it in the IPCC's FAQs. Although the FAQs document is still 24 pages long, it is written in a much plainer language and is easily digestible.

The updated report was released on August 9, 2021. The FAQs about that report can also be found in the Get the Climate FAQs tab.