UN climate scientists urge action

A grim report by United Nations scientists points to a future endangered by floods, drought, rising seas, hunger, and species loss. Scientists and government representatives are meeting in Yokohama, Japan on Tuesday, March 25, to finalize a 29-page summary in preparation for the full report that will be made public on March 31. Among others, the scientists predicted global temperatures to rise from 0.5-8.6 degrees Fahrenheit this century, up 0.7 C since the Industrial Revolution. Seas will creep up from 26-82 centimeters by 2100. The draft summary of the report says, “Climate change over the 21st century will lead to new challenges to states and will increasingly shape national security policies.”


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