Current Assessment

Reports & Statements by the Experts 

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

Sponsored by the United Nations and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, this is the world's premier authority on ongoing climate change. It issues reports on a regular basis. Its methods, data and documentation are transparent. This is the go-to source for comprehensive information on climate change, reports about climate change and its effects on the planet and international efforts in continuing research on the climate crisis. 


The Post Carbon Institute

The PostCarbon Institute has an excellent introduction to the whole topic of Overshoot called "Welcome tothe Great Unraveling: Navigating the Polycrisis of Environmental and Social Breakdown. You can read their report onscreen, or download a PDF and buy the Print Version on their website. https://www.postcarbon.org/publications/welcome-to-the-great-unraveling/

Power: Limits and Prospects for Human Survival traces how humans have come to overpower the earth’s natural systems and oppress one another…with catastrophic implications.

Humanity must act quickly to prevent environmental and economic collapse. But is it even possible for human beings to deliberately rein in our power? 

Power lays the groundwork to understand what we’ve done and how to fix it.