The latest science suggests that the impacts of climate change are occurring faster than expected.
But we also want to make sure that the impacts can be mitigated, and we think they will be".
"It was quite clear that the impacts and consequences of the decisions, they hadn't anticipated, they hadn't foreseen," Franks said.
Globally, it is clear that the impacts of climate change are tipping the scales in favour of strife.
But it is not just here that the impacts of climate change have been felt through extreme weather events over the past few months.
Research is now emerging which suggests that the impacts of air pollution go beyond asthma and other respiratory disease as well as heart attacks and strokes.
Goldman and Tamblyn aren't claiming that the impacts of comets would necessarily have been the only source of organic molecules on the young Earth.
It's also worth noting that the impacts of climate change can't just be measured in terms of their effect on the global economy.
We estimate that the impacts on the economy will be very small and the benefit for workers will be very big," he said.
Its important to understand that the impacts of climate change will be society- and economy-wide: health, insurance, construction, banking, transport… Even the Australian Open tennis isn't immune.
They reckon that the impacts of storms are so high because lost homes and infrastructure divert investment into rebuilding that could otherwise be put to more productive uses.
