IPCC releases 6th synthesis report on global climate change: ‘Humanity is on thin ice’

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on rich nations to accelerate their shift to "net zero" emissions on Monday, after The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the final installment of its sixth synthesis report (AR6). “Humanity is on thin ice, and that ice is melting fast,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a recorded address. “The climate time bomb is ticking.”