IPCC paints a grim picture, but it’s still not too late to act | Letters

Readers respond to the latest stark warning from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that the window to secure a liveable future is closing

The devastation and human misery described in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report (IPCC issues bleakest warning yet' on impacts of climate breakdown. 28 February) stands as an indictment of failing political leaders and their complicity with a fossil fuel industry that is literally destroying our only home.

Scientists warn that we must act quickly to transition away from coal, oil and natural gas to clean energy. The longer we delay the transition, the more catastrophic the impact. Our elected leaders have no excuse; we must pressure them to act. Affordable clean energy is increasingly available. There are policy solutions. In near unanimity, economists say that the best way to speed the transition is to make the polluting industry pay a fee on its carbon pollution.