The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has published their report this morning. It confirms that human activities are influencing the climate system. In the words of Achim Steiner, executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme (Unep):

"It is an unequivocal series of evidence [showing that] fossil fuel burning and land use change are affecting the climate on our planet."

He added: "If you are an African child born in 2007, by the time you are 50 years old you may be faced with disease and new levels of drought."

The BBC has a good selection of articles and audio/visual links about the report on their web site:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6321351.stm

In addition, click here for a link to the BBC portal on climate change, and here for global reaction to the report.

If you want to skip the commentary and go straight to the report itself, click here.