Climate 101
Welcome to Climate 101, a crash course on the causes, effects, and commonly known responses to global warming.
Weather vs. Climate
“Climate change” and “global warming” are often used interchangeably but have distinct meanings. Similarly, the terms "weather" and "climate" are sometimes confused, though they refer to events with broadly different spatial- and timescales.
Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
The IPCC prepares comprehensive Assessment Reports about the state of scientific, technical and socio-economic knowledge on climate change, its impacts and future risks, and options for reducing the rate at which climate change is taking place.