Climate change boosts conflict risk, floods, hunger: UN

Climate change boosts conflict risk, floods, hunger: UN
Yokohama, Japan (AFP) March 31, 2014 - Soaring carbon emissions will amplify the risk of conflict, hunger, floods and mass migration this century, the UN's expert panel said Monday in a landmark report on the impact of climate change. Left unchecked, greenhouse gas emissions may cost trillions of dollars in damage to property and ecosystems, and in bills for shoring up climate defences, it said, adding the impact would increase w ... morehttp://www.terradaily.com/reports/Climate_change_boosts_conflict_risk_floods_hunger_UN_999.html