Food Security, Economy to Be Hit by Climate Change, Leaked IPCC Draft Report Shows

Climate change will displace hundreds of millions of people by the end of this century, increasing the risk of violent conflict and wiping trillions of dollars off the global economy, a forthcoming UN report will warn.

The second of three publications by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, due to be made public at the end of this month, is the most comprehensive investigation into the impact of climate change ever undertaken.  A draft of the final version seen by The Independent in Britain says the warming climate will place the world under enormous strain, forcing mass migration, especially in Asia, and increasing the risk of violent conflict.

Based on thousands of peer-reviewed studies and put together by hundreds of respected scientists, the report predicts that climate change will reduce median crop yields by 2 per cent per decade for the rest of the century -- at a time of rapidly growing demand for food. This will in turn push up malnutrition in children by about a fifth, it predicts.

Food Security, Economy to Be Hit by Climate Change, Leaked IPCC Draft Report Shows