22/10/2009 - 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.
"We welcome this initiative of the UK government,” said Mr
Gurría. “This constitutes an invaluable contribution to raise
awareness of the size of the challenge. It has the particular
merit to be easily understandable. “The scientific evidence is
overwhelming, the economic logic is compelling, and the costs of
inaction are frightening. Thus, we have no choice, we must act
now." OECD analysis suggests tha