2026’s extreme heat, wildfires and droughts are underscoring just how quickly our climate is changing. At the same time, climate science is advancing rapidly, with thousands of new studies published every year. The 10 New Insights in Climate Science report distills influential, emerging, and policy-relevant findings from the latest research into ten key insights for decision-makers ahead of the UN climate negotiations at COP.
Join the International Science Council, Future Earth, the Earth League and the World Climate Research Programme for the launch of the 2026/27 report. Leading scientists will present this year’s insights – spanning changes in the climate system, the growing costs and consequences of warming, and the political and economic forces shaping climate action – and discuss what the latest evidence means for climate policy and research ahead of COP31.
The webinar will include an overview of this year’s findings, expert perspectives on selected insights and an audience Q&A.
6 October 2026 | 13:00-14:00 UTC
Speakers
Johan Rockström
Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Professor in Earth System Science at the University of Potsdam
Şiir Kılkış
Vice-Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) WGIII
Christopher Callahan
Assistant professor at the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University
Damon Matthews
Interim Director of Future Earth Canada and Professor at the Department of Geography, Planning and Environment, Concordia University
Agenda
- Welcome and opening remarks
- Introducing the report: Background on the 10 New Insights series, how it’s made, why it matters, and what distinguishes the 2026/2027 edition
- Presentation of the 10 Insights
- From science to action: Three perspectives
- Q&A and closing
