IPCC Report – A Climate Reality Check

In an extraordinarily candid interview with Dr. Alison Green, Sir Robert Watson and Dr. James Dyke reflect on the IPCC AR6 report on the physical science of climate change, published on August 9th. They both stress the need for urgent action at the CoP in Glasgow in November 2021, and for honesty about what governments will actually do between 2021 and 2030.

Sir Robert Tony Watson is an Atmospheric scientist who has worked as a Chief scientist and advisor for NASA the World Bank and the British government. He is the Chair of Environmental Science and Science Director of the Tyndall Centre in the UK.

Dr. James Dyke is an Earth system scientist, writer, and author. He is an Assistant Director of the Global Systems Institute at the University of Exeter, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Fellow of the European Geosciences Union, and serves on the editorial board of the journal Earth System Dynamics.