Warming bands used in the latest IPCC report

       A climate change visualization created at the University of Reading has been used in the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Professor Ed Hawkins, a climatologist at the University of Reading, created warming bands in 2017 to show the increase in average global temperature for each year since 1850, with blue for colder temperatures and red for warmer years. The streaks were included in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's sixth assessment report, published today (Monday 20 March). The figure shows the different worlds future generations will face depending on how early climate action is taken. Unless drastic measures are taken sooner and warming continues beyond 2100, future generations will face extreme weather conditions due to rising temperatures. Professor Ed Hawkins, a climatologist at the University of Reading and the National Center for Atmospheric Sciences, said: “The use of warming bands in the IPCC assessment report is a chilling reminder of the consequences we will face if we do not act now on climate change. These stripes paint a clear picture of the different and dangerous worlds that future generations could inherit depending on our actions today.