evidence: The Earth’s temperature continues to rise unabated, with 2020 being one of the three warmest years on record, as extreme weather events combine with the COVID-19 pandemic, impacting millions. [...] "We are on the verge of the abyss", Secretary-General António Guterres said at a press conference announcing the findings. [...] The report also said that the since the mid-1980s, Arctic air surface temperatures have warmed at least twice as fast as the global average, with "potentially large implications" not only for Arctic ecosystems but also for the global climate, such as thawing permafrost releasing methane, a potent greenhouse gas into the atmosphere.