Reports released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) can be daunting, even for science and policy insiders. The full Physical Science Assessment, the first installment of the Fifth Assessment Report (pdf), released in manuscript form earlier this year, is over 2,000 pages long. Even the Summary for Policymakers is a dense 27 pages.
What if we could communicate the essence of this important information in plain language and pictures? Well, that’s just what Dr Greg Johnson has done by summarising the findings into 19 haiku poems with images. Greg states: “This work is an attempt to distill into haiku “The Summary for Policymakers of the Working Group 1 Contribution to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment Report.” The result is solely my own creation, so any views or opinions expressed herein are my own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the US Government, the IPCC, or any other entity.”
The result is stunning, sobering, and brilliant. It’s poetry. It’s a work of art. But it doubles as clear, concise, powerful talking points and a compelling visual guide.
Repost from Sightline Daily’s article The Entire IPCC Report in 19 Illustrated Haiku
