2014/03/23/UN scientists see grim future if no action taken on climate change

title/short::UN scientists see grim future if no action taken on climate change The work comes six months after the first volume in the long-awaited Fifth Assessment Report declared scientists were more certain than ever that humans caused global warming.
 * when: when posted::2014/03/23
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 * source: site::NDTV source::Agence France-Press
 * topics: topic::global warming topic::predictions topic::United Nations
 * keywords keyword::IPCC
 * link: URL::http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/un-scientists-see-grim-future-if-no-action-taken-on-climate-change-498963
 * title: title::UN scientists see grim future if no action taken on climate change
 * summary: "UN scientists are set to deliver their darkest report yet on the impacts of climate change, pointing to a future stalked by floods, drought, conflict and economic damage if carbon emissions go untamed."

It predicted global temperatures would rise 0.3-4.8 degrees Celsius (0.5-8.6 degrees Fahrenheit) this century, adding to roughly 0.7 C since the Industrial Revolution. Seas will creep up by 26-82 centimetres (10.4-32.8 inches) by 2100.

The draft warns costs will spiral with each additional degree, although it is hard to forecast by how much.

Warming of 2.5 C over pre-industrial times -- 0.5 C more than the UN's target -- may cost 0.2-2.0 percent of global annual income, a figure that could amount to hundreds of billions of dollars each year.