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China will be among countries hardest hit by global warming: UN report

A newly published report by a UN agency has warned that China will be among the countries hardest hit by global warming.According to a report published by UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), China needs to do more to adapt to mounting climate hazards.It will need to find solutions to water and food insecurity, poverty and inequality, and more extreme weather events, online magazine Sixth Tone reported.The report said that China could suffer the world's biggest economic losses as a result of rising sea levels and the resulting floods.A study in the report estimates that China's food security will also be threatened, as a warming climate is expected to affect yields of wheat, maize, rice, and fish.Luo Yong, professor of earth science at Tsinghua University and a lead author of the report's Asia chapter, said the report offers a clear look at the dangers humanity faces over the coming two decades as well as by the end of the century."Our main takeaway is that it is very .

Unavoidable multiple climate hazards in next 2 decades, warns IPPC report

This report is a dire warning about the consequences of inaction, said Hoesung Lee, Chair of the IPCC while releasing the report Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability

IPCC set to release major report on climate crisis by Monday evening

IPCC, a UN body working on the science behind climate change, will release a major report on impacts of the climate crisis and why it is imperative that we act now to address the growing risks later

The green issues of tomorrow

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UN faces $100-trn shortfall in fight against climate change, inequality

Adding the costs of financing the global transition to a low-carbon economy to limit global warming, and total funding out to 2050 comes in at $200-$220 trillion

Children in India at extremely high risk of climate crisis impacts: UNICEF

India is among four South Asian countries where children are most at risk: report

Climate repair: Three things we must do now to stabilise the planet

The challenge of surviving the next 50 years is now seen as a planet-wide existential crisis; we need to work together urgently

UN panel's historic climate change report is 'Code Red for humanity'

The climate science profession has seen entire specialties emerge and mature in the years since the IPCC's previous mega-report on science.

UN climate report likely to deliver stark warnings on global warming

Since the last report by the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 2013, both greenhouse gas emissions and the average global temperature have only continued to climb.

New climate pledges 'far short' of meeting Paris Agreement goals: UN

The planet is on 'red alert', the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said

India stares at more floods, storms, erratic rains, UN climate report warns

If emissions continue at the current rate, then the earth is headed for a 3 deg Celsius temperature rise

Climate change could cause 29% spike in cereal prices: leaked UN report

Food supply chains will get disrupted globally, the study warns. Report to be officially released in August

UN climate report warns of warmer earth; demands unprecedented efforts

Targets for 2020-2030 under Paris Agreement need to be upped; US refuses to endorse report findings