Climate crisis: dangerous thresholds to hit sooner than feared, UN report says

Species extinction, more widespread disease, unliveable heat, ecosystem collapse, and other climate impacts are accelerating Climate change will fundamentally reshape life on Earth in the coming decades, even if humans can tame planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, according to a landmark draft report from the UN's climate science advisers obtained by AFP.Species extinction, more widespread disease, unliveable heat, ecosystem collapse, cities menaced by rising seas - these and other devastating climate impacts are accelerating and bound to become painfully obvious before a child born today turns 30. Continue reading...