11/04/2007, 11:29:12 |
The chairman of the United Nations intergovernmental panel on climate change, Rajendra Pachauri, has warned that global warming is likely to cause "catastophes" in Asia.
Mr Pachauri says there will be food shortages, water scarcity, heatwaves, floods and migration of millions of people.
He made the comments following the publication of the panel's latest report on the impact of global warming.
The report says Asia will receive less rain, which will impact on crop yields resulting in less food to feed the region's rising population.
At the same time, rising sea levels caused by melting polar ice could submerge low-lying areas of Asia around the coasts of Vietnam, Bangladesh, India and China. ...
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