One Minute Brief of the Day: Create memes and posters showing that the world leaders must #ActOnTheScience to avoid a scenario like the ‘Don’t Look Up’ film following the latest #IPCC report.

One Minute Brief of the Day:

Create memes and posters showing that the world leaders must #ActOnTheScience to avoid a scenario like the ‘Don’t Look Up’ film following the latest #IPCC report.

Tweet your entries to @OneMinuteBriefs with the hashtags #ActOnTheScience and #IPCC

Remember to include your Twitter handle in the corner of your ads. Deadline 6pm GMT.

Prize: £200 cash prize for today’s winner!!!

Context: 

This week the world’s leading authority on climate science, the IPCC, has published an assessment of how the world can reduce the rate of climate change.

“It’s now or never, if we want to limit global warming to 1.5C,” said Prof Jim Skea, a co-chair of the report. “Without immediate and deep emissions reductions across all sectors, it will be impossible.”

The IPCC report confirms that the world already has the solutions to stop climate change. The only thing preventing us from taking advantage of them is lack of political will and status-quo interests in fossil fuels.

UN Secretary General António Guterres called the report "a litany of broken promises" and "a file of shame, cataloguing the empty pledges that put us firmly on track towards an unlivable world."

The movie ''Don't Look Up'' has captured the challenges of making leaders act on science. 

Check out the trailer below if you’ve not seen it.

The report shows that we are currently far from reaching the goal of the Paris Agreement (which is limiting global warming to 1.5°C or even 2°C).  Even if successful, current policies would lead to 2.7°C or more warming by the end of the century. To meet the Paris Agreement, we must do more to ensure a liveable future for all.

Click here for more information about the IPCC and the latest report.

The ask:

Following the release of the latest IPCC report, we need to show that the world must go beyond verbal climate commitments and act on the science of climate change. 

For this, we are asking you to create memes and posters showing that world leaders are not listening to the IPCC scientists. The report shows that the world must phase out fossil fuels, invest in renewable energy, transform our agricultural practices, invest in urban planning and increase climate finance. 

The more entries the merrier and be as creative as you like! 

Some example campaign posters below. We’re looking for strong headlines and simple graphics that deliver the brief message in a powerful yet responsible way.