The UNs Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released an extensive report today assessing the potential risks of climate change. Here are some of their conclusions: * For the major crops (wheat, rice, and maize) in tropical and temperate regions, climate change without adaptation is projected to negatively impact production. * Throughout the 21st century, climate change impacts are projected to slow down economic growth, make poverty reduction more difficult, further erode food security, and prolong existing and create new poverty traps, the latter particularly in urban areas and emerging hotspots of hunger. * Climate change can indirectly increase risks of violent conflicts in the form of civil war and intergroup violence by amplifying well-documented drivers of these conflicts such as poverty and economic shocks. The 44 page summary: ipcc-wg2.gov/AR5/images/uploads/IPCC_WG2AR5_SPM_Approved.pdf Figures: ipcc-wg2.gov/AR5/images/uploads/IPCC_WG2AR5_SlideDeck.pptx
Posted on: Tue, 01 Apr 2014 03:35:25 +0000
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