Three scientists have been awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics for work that helps understand complex physical systems.
The trio are Japanese-born American Syukuro Manabe, German Klaus Hasselmann and Italian Giorgio Parisi .
The winners will share the prize money of 10 million krona (£842,611).
The climate models that have built on the winners’ research form a crucial part of the evidence on which leaders at COP26 will base their decisions.
“Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann laid the foundation of our knowledge of the Earth’s climate,” the Swedish Academy of Sciences said.
“Giorgio Parisi wins the prize for his revolutionary contributions to the theory of disordered materials and random processes.”
The Global Climate Change
The deadly floods that hit the world earlier this summer has shed light on climate change and its impact.
Last month, more than 180 people died in Western Europe due to the floods.
While about 157 German people died after the flood, only 31 from Belgium died. And about 163 people are still missing.
The floods also affected other countries like France, Netherlands, Austria and Switzerland.
Experts say such disasters will become more severe and frequent as the planet heats up.
The United Nations and Britain will co-host a global climate summit on December 12, the fifth anniversary of the landmark Paris Agreement.
The announcement came days after Chinese President Xi Jinping told the UN that the world’s largest greenhouse gas polluter would peak emissions in 2030 and attempt to go carbon neutral by 2060, a move hailed by environmentalists.
