Conservative MP Michael Chong is calling on the federal government to take action in the wake of a startling new report on climate change.

Chong, a prominent member of an all-party, non-partisan "climate caucus," rose in the House Monday to respond to the fifth assessment report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The report concludes that, if left unchecked, climate change "will increase the likelihood of severe, pervasive and irreversible impacts for people and ecosystems."

Without "substantial and sustained reductions of greenhouse gas emissions," the report warns the planet could be at risk of flooding, food shortages, extreme weather, and the mass extinction of animals and plants.

"This most recent report concludes that the warming of the planet due to emissions is 'clear' and 'unequivocal,'" Chong said. "The report also concludes that without urgent action to reduce emissions, by the end of this century there is a high risk of severe, widespread, and irreversible damage due to extreme heat waves, more intense weather events, mass extinctions, coastal flooding, and crop failures."

Chong said scientists have done their work, now politicians must do theirs.

"As a Conservative, I believe that we have a moral obligation to conserve our environment, so I call upon this government to meet its commitment to reduce emissions and I call on all governments meeting next month in Lima, Peru, and next year in Paris, France, to work together toward a new global treaty to reduce emissions," he said.

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May took to Twitter to laud Chong's speech.