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Global warming will displace millions of people, trigger falling crop yields, stoke conflict and cost trillions of dollars in lost economic output, a United Nations report will warn. A draft of the report to be finalised later this month by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and obtained by The Independent in Britain, says “hundreds of millions of people” will be forced to move because of coastal flooding and land loss as sea levels rise. Food security will increasingly be threatened, with median crop yields to drop by as much as 2 per cent per decade for the rest of the century. Demand, though, is on course to rise 14 per cent per decade until 2050, the Independent cited the IPCC draft as saying. Read more: www.smh.com.au...# ixzz2wJ9BoZWv
markosity1973
reply to post by retirednature
Tsk Tsk, there is no need for fear mongering.
IF the reports findings come to pass, they will happen over a period of time, not in the blink of an eye.
It's this sort of sensationalism that turns people off and makes them stop listening.
edit on 18-3-2014 by markosity1973 because: (no reason given)
markosity1973
reply to post by retirednature
Tsk Tsk, there is no need for fear mongering.
IF the reports findings come to pass, they will happen over a period of time, not in the blink of an eye.
It's this sort of sensationalism that turns people off and makes them stop listening.
edit on 18-3-2014 by markosity1973 because: (no reason given)
sparklez
First they cried "global WARMING"
Then the weather got colder..
Then they cried "global climate CHANGE!"
Well, now they covered all the planet's seasons.
edit on 18-3-2014 by sparklez because: (no reason given)
retirednature
sparklez
First they cried "global WARMING"
Then the weather got colder..
Then they cried "global climate CHANGE!"
Well, now they covered all the planet's seasons.
edit on 18-3-2014 by sparklez because: (no reason given)
You're seriously still caught up on the "warming" thing?!
Seriously... get over it. Is there not enough proof that throughout Earth's history there have been massive changes of climate? Is it really all that difficult to conceive the notion that maybe this is happening at a time when humans adopted the ability to actually record eyewitness accounts?
I bet if there was somewhere, scribbled in a cave... an account from a witness of the last ice age, people would be more willing to believe the claims of today.
sparklez
retirednature
sparklez
First they cried "global WARMING"
Then the weather got colder..
Then they cried "global climate CHANGE!"
Well, now they covered all the planet's seasons.
edit on 18-3-2014 by sparklez because: (no reason given)
You're seriously still caught up on the "warming" thing?!
Seriously... get over it. Is there not enough proof that throughout Earth's history there have been massive changes of climate? Is it really all that difficult to conceive the notion that maybe this is happening at a time when humans adopted the ability to actually record eyewitness accounts?
I bet if there was somewhere, scribbled in a cave... an account from a witness of the last ice age, people would be more willing to believe the claims of today.
In case you missed it, it was humour mocking the politicans and climate change fearmongering. ofcourse it is changing, it changes 4 times a year!.