(Quartz) The impacts of climate change are here today, are worse than scientists expected, and no government or company is doing enough to adapt to them. That’s according to a new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), released today (Feb. 28). In some cases, the report warns, policies and infrastructure intended to mitigate these impacts may be making them worse.
“These reports are billed as a wake-up call, but the reality is the response has been pretty limited,” said Max Holmes, executive director of the Woodwell Climate Research Center in Massachusetts. “People are still asleep on this.”
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