The scientists behind the paper consist of some of the most renowned experts on climate change from around the world, and all agree that the conditions have grown even worse than they had predicted at their last convention in 2007. Saleemul Huq, a co-author of the paper, expressed his dire outlook on the situation: “We are going to see more and more impacts, faster and sooner than we had anticipated.”
One recent concern of environmentalists in regard to climate change has been the upsurge in storm activity over the last couple of years. The experts behind the summary admit that several recent major storms were not themselves caused by global warming, but blame for the caliber of their destructive forces can be placed on rising sea levels caused by climate change.
Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/30/un-climate-change-report_n_5060317.html?ref=topbar
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