Current climate reports might have underestimated the consequences of the climate crisis
17 Aug 2022
THE actual impact of anthropogenic climate change has been undermined till now, claimed a new report published in the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
An Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report looked at the direct consequences of temperature rise but ignored the ‘knock-on’ effects like war, financial crisis, diseases and further calamities like hampered agricultural production. IPCC is a United Nations body responsible for advancing knowledge on human-induced climate change.
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