France – Addressing the Challenge of Climate Change

The British government has launched a map illustrating the global consequences of failing to keep climate change to less than 2 degrees. The document shows some of the potential consequences on human activity. It emphasizes the severe effects on water availability, agricultural productivity, extreme temperatures, drought, the risk of forest fires and the sea level rise.

cm. Sea level rose by 17cm during the 20th century and by 3mm per year between 1993 and 2003, twice the average recorded during the whole of the 20th century. Source: IPCC