Table 2.

IPCC tweets on 8 August 2019

1. #IPCC Special Report on #ClimateChange and Land: Land is where we live. Land is under growing human pressure. Land is a part of the solution. But land can’t do it all. #SRCCL press release

2. Urgent action, and mid-term action, would take us into a better future—Hans-Otto Pörtner, co-chair of #IPCC Working Group II #SRCCL #ClimateChange #GlobalGoals

3. Food security will be increasingly affected by future #climatechange through yield declines, increased prices, reduced nutrient quality, and supply chain disruptions—Priyadarshi Shukla, co-chair of #IPCC

4. Climate change will exacerbate warming trends that already exist in cities—Debra Roberts, co-chair of #IPCC Working Group II #SRCCL #GlobalGoals

5. We are best places to tackle #climatechange in a world with an overall focus on sustainability—Hans-Otto Pörtner, co-chair of #IPCC Working Group II #SRCCL #GlobalGoalspic.twitter.com/uFOUHYAOEb

6. Land is a critical resource – we rely on it for food, water, health and wellbeing – but it is already under growing human pressure. #ClimateChange is adding to these pressures. #SRCCL #IPCC #GlobalGoals

7. Limiting global warming to 1.5 or even 2 degrees will involve removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, and land has a critical role to play in its removal—Jim Skea, co-chair of #IPCC Working Group III #SRCCL #ClimateChange #GlobalGoalspic.twitter.com/m34S8CUaqo

8. There are solutions in the hands of farmers. But there are also solutions in the hands of each of us, when we buy food, and don’t waste food—Valérie Masson-Delmotte, co-chair of #IPCC WG I #SRCCL

9.This is the first time in IPCC report history that a majority of authors – 53% – are from developing countries, says IPCC Chair Hoesung Lee #SRCCL #ClimateChange #GlobalGoalspic.twitter.com/UbgrFCl9Z7

10. IPCC does not recommend people’s diets. What we’ve pointed out on the basis of the scientific evidence is that there are certain diets that have a lower carbon footprint—Jim Skea, co-chair of #IPCC WGIII #SRCCL

11. Balanced diets featuring plant-based foods, such as coarse grains, legumes, fruits and vegetables, and animal-sourced food produced sustainably in low GHG emission systems, present major opportunities for adaptation to and limiting climate change—Debra Roberts, co-chair of IPCC Working Group II

12. There are things we are already doing. We are using technologies and good practices, but they do need to be scaled up and used in other suitable places that they are not being used in now—Panmao Zhai, co-chair of IPCC Working Group I

13. Food security will be increasingly affected by future climate change through yield declines – especially in the tropics – increased prices, reduced nutrient quality, and supply chain disruptions—Priyadarshi Shukla, co-chair of IPCC Working Group III

14. Agriculture, forestry and other types of land use account for 23% of human GHG emissions. At the same time natural land processes absorb CO2 equivalent to almost a third of CO2 emissions from fossil fuels and industry—Jim Skea, co-chair of IPCC Working Group III

15. New knowledge shows an increase in risks from dryland water scarcity, fire damage, permafrost degradation and food system instability, even for global warming of around 1.5°C—Valérie Masson-Delmotte, co-chair of IPCC Working Group I

16. Land already in use could feed the world in a changing climate and provide biomass for renewable energy, but early, far-reaching action across several areas is required. Also for the conservation and restoration of ecosystems and biodiversity—Hans-Otto Pörtner, co-chair of IPCC Working Group II