'In trying to avoid accusations of exaggerating, the IPCC has instead underestimated the severity of our summers'
- Posted on July 10, 2026
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'In trying to avoid accusations of exaggerating, the IPCC has instead underestimated the severity of our summers'
COLUMN. Long accused of alarmism by the far right, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has, in fact, been too cautious, underestimating the speed of change and its impacts, says historian Jean-Baptiste Fressoz.