Scientists increasingly sure that human-induced climate change will increase severe weather events
Wed 28 March 2012
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The Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) which comprises the World's leading scientists is now more than 90% sure that human-caused global warming will increase the length, frequency and intensity of extreme weather events such as heatwaves.
The IPCC report into extreme weather events found with “high confidence” that climate change has already made heatwaves more severe in areas including southern Europe and the Mediterranean.
By 2100, the report says that the financial cost of extreme weather conditions could be some €15 trillion, mostly borne by what is currently the developing world.
The report was compiled by 220 authors from 62 countries, and received more than 18,000 expert and government review comments in three rounds of its review process.
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