The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report that was published this month does not pull any punches when it comes to the crisis the world faces.
A Code Red warning was issued to all mankind in the latest report, with every area of the planet under threat from climate change.
Looking at the wildfires raging in Siberia this summer - bigger than all the other blazes in the world this year combined - the red alert status is demonstrably warranted.
Elsewhere, rain on the ice-caps of Greenland - the first ever recorded in modern times - is another indicator that the heating of the planet continues unabated.
Strong, rapid and sustained reductions in carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases are necessary to limit global warming according to Prof Peter Thorne, Coordinating Lead Author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report.
