By Carol Peters
EOAS Director Robert Kopp contributed to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s first part of the Sixth Assessment Report, “Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis,” which is the Working Group I contribution to the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report, which was released on August 9, 2021 during the 14th Session of Working Group I and 54th Session of the IPCC.
Kopp is a contributing author of Chapter 4 of the “Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate,” titled “Sea Level Rise and Implications for Low-Lying Islands, Coasts, and Commuities.” According to the IPCC website, Chapter 4 “assesses past and future contributions to global, regional and extreme sea level changes, associated risk to low-lying islands, coasts, cities, and settlements, and response options and pathways to resilience and sustainable development along the coast.”
The Sixth Assessment Report, the IPCC wrote, “is the most up-to-date physical understanding of the climate system and climate change, bringing together the latest advances in climate science, and combining multiple lines of evidence from paleoclimate, observations, process understanding, and global and regional climate simulations.”
Kopp has been widely quoted in media coverage of the Sixth Assessment Report:
NPR:
“A Major Report Warns Climate Change Is Accelerating And Humans Must Cut Emissions Now”
The New York Times:
“A Hotter Future Is Certain, Climate Panel Warns. But How Hot Is Up to Us.”
The Washington Post:
“’Code red’: UN scientists warn of worsening global warming”
WHYY Radio Times:
“The New U.N. Climate Report”
The Interia
“A Lead Author Explains What the Warnings In the IPCC Climate Report Mean”
The Los Angeles Times:
“Biden climate envoy demands global action after devastating U.N. climate change report”
Yale Climate Connections:
“Key Takeaways from the new IPCC Report”
ABC News:
“’Code red’: UN scientists warn of worsening global warming”
NJ Spotlight:
“Pressure grows for NJ to act as report says climate disaster looms”
New York Daily News:
“‘Nowhere to run’: United Nations report says global warming nears limits”
WHYY:
“‘Nowhere to run’: UN report says climate change nears limits, humans must cut emissions now”
WIRED:
“The UN Climate Report: All Is Not Well—but All Is Not Lost”
MarketWatch:
“‘Code red for humanity’: UN scientists warn of worsening global warming conditions”
Gizmodo:
“5 Big Takeaways From the New UN Climate Report”
DemocracyNow!
“’A Code Red for Humanity’: Major U.N. Report Warns of Climate Catastrophe If Urgent Action Not Taken”
“From Fires to Floods to Sea Level Rise, Human-Induced Climate Crisis Is Severely Disrupting Earth”
Houston Chronicle:
“’Code red’: UN scientists warn of worsening global warming”
Seattle Times:
“Shrinking glaciers, extreme heat waves, worsening droughts: What the landmark climate report means for Western U.S., Seattle”
Chicago Tribune:
“Warming climate poses ‘code red’ for humanity, UN report says, but emissions cuts would help prevent worst scenarios”
WBUR:
“’Weather Whiplash’ And Other Takeaways For Boston From The IPCC Report”
The Nation:
“’This Was Avoidable,’ Climate Activists Say About Grim New Science”
Yahoo:
“What is the 1.5C target? And how does it affect the climate crisis?”