Why Skeptics Are Happy With Today's Big Climate Change Report

In its strongest language yet, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) affirmed on Friday that humans are responsible for the warming of the planet. This is the gist of the IPCC's latest assessment, which draws on the research of thousands of scientists to analyze the causes and consequences of global climate change.

In its first comprehensive report since winning a Nobel Peace Prize in 2007, the IPCC is unequivocal about the influence of human activity, the progressive warming of the planet, the melting of the polar ice caps, and the rise in sea level. For the first time, the panel has also set a carbon emissions limit beyond which climate change will be unpreventable. If current trends continue, we are set to reach that point around 2040.