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IPCC stalls on next climate report timeline amid funding crisis

At its Addis Ababa meeting, the IPCC failed to agree a timetable for its Seventh Assessment Report (AR7), with some countries pushing for a 2028 release ahead of the UN Global Stocktake and others, including India, Iran, Kenya, Russia and Saudi Arabia, arguing poorer nations need more time to participate. The body also disclosed it is facing serious financial shortfalls, a first in its nearly 40-year history.

nature.com · 2026-10-27

Nature commentary calls for global backup system for climate-risk data

A commentary published in Nature argues that the world lacks a coordinated fallback system to preserve and share climate-risk intelligence if key data sources fail or become inaccessible. The piece warns that current climate monitoring and forecasting infrastructure is fragmented and vulnerable to funding cuts, political shifts, or technical disruptions.

nature.com · 2026-09-22