Perhaps more disturbing is the fact that the 11 warmest years globally since 1856 have occurred in the last 15 years.
- 1998 & 2005 (joint),
- 2002 & 2003 (joint),
- 2001,
- 1997,
- 1995,
- 1990 & 1999 (joint),
- 1991 & 2000 (joint).
Science of climate impacts
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has a working group dedicated to compiling the most up to date work on climate change impacts.
View our interactive map which highlights many of the climate hotspots that were identified in the IPCC's Assessment Report of 2007
View our interactive map which highlights many of the climate hotspots that were identified in the IPCC's Assessment Report of 2007
When you change the climate you change everything
The climate plays such a major part in our planet's environmental system that even minor changes have impacts that are large and complex.
Climate change affects people and nature in countless ways, and it often increases existing threats that have already put pressure on the environment.
But it is not a problem which has appeared overnight – it's 30 years since scientists first alerted the world to the dangers of climate change. How much longer are we going to allow it to continue?
The change in nature has serious implications for people and our economic system. The insurance industry puts potential economic damage caused by global warming impacts at hundreds of billions of dollars each year.
