Highlights 1.5 C rise would lead to ‘severe’ risks 3.6 billion people at risk of climate effects ‘Uniquely challenging’ geopolitics: Platts Analytics Human-caused climate change has already led to irreversible impacts on the planet, with additional severe risks to human and natural systems if the world overshoots a 1.5 C temperature rise, according to a new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published Feb. 28. Not registered? Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now About 3.3 billion to 3.6 billion people live in settings that are highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, the IPCC said. Climate change is already causing “dangerous and widespread disruption in nature and affecting the lives of billions of people around the world, despite efforts to reduce the risks,” it said. The report said “the world faces unavoidable multiple climate hazards over the next two decades […]