India, Sept. 30 -- On 25 September, two days after the UN Summit on 'Climate Change', the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), released its special report on 'Oceans and Cyrosphere'. The report is about the impending climate catastrophe that might take place much earlier than expected!
The report warns that " global sea levels are set to rise by at least 1m by 2100 if carbon emissions go unchecked, submerging hundreds of cities, including Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and Surat and in some cases entire countries". Extreme events such as storm surges are likely to occur once a year rather than once a century because of accelerated global warming, said the report. The dire warnings by the IPCC are a call to action for governments and...