I am a climate change researcher.
I specifically look at the Arctic where warming is over twice that of the global average. People there are dealing with the effects first hand now. Permafrost melting & coastal erosion are forcing whole communities to consider moving. Food security is another major issue, where susistence hunting is still a huge part of the life and culture.
The current change induced by warming isn’t felt so strongly by Europe…yet. Most models predict the Arctic will be seasonally free of ice by 2050, that isn’t very far off. An ice free Arctic cause a slowdown/shutdown gulf stream, so there is potential for winters to get considerably more extreme.
Sea level rise through the melting of ice sheets will increasingly come into play. Given how close has the Thames barrier come to flooding during storm surges, it isn’t going to take much. What happens if London floods? And this is just a token example.
This report should be taken very seriously.
But I believe the necessary change (at the government level) won’t happen and if they eventually do it will be too late. (Ironically said by the researcher who will be close to 20 flights this year to conduct climate research and attend conferences).