OECD’s Gurría welcomes UK government climate change map
Widespread drought, falling agricultural production and rising sea levels are just some of the devastating effects of climate change graphically illustrated in a new map produced by UK government’s Meteorological Office. The map which has been presented to OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría by the British Ambassador to the OECD, Dominic Martin, shows the likely impact on the planet of a 4 °C rise in the global average temperature. The map, prepared ahead of crucial UN climate change talks in Copenhagen in December, illustrates how the effects of climate change would differ from region to region.
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