The UN Environment and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns the dire climate trajectory the world is heading toward, while highlighting the enormous effort needed to limit global warming to two degrees Celsius.
In June, research showed a tripling of the rate of melting of the Antarctic ice sheet over the last five years, with recent research showing a similar trend occurring in the Greenland ice sheet.
The Greenland ice sheet holds enough water to raise sea levels by seven metres.