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STORY: Climate change is upon us and humanity is far from ready, a report from the U.N. climate panel warned on Monday (February 28), whilst calling for drastic action on a huge scale. The major report is the latest in a series by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) detailing the global consensus on climate science, and this one focuses on how nature and societies are being impacted and what they can do to adapt. Hans-Otto Portner is the co-chair of the IPCC group behind it. "There is a brief and rapidly closing window to secure a liveable future on the planet. We need to live up to this challenge. This is the decisive decade of climate action." U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry lamented that too little has been done to adapt to climate change and said the report offered a "blueprint for action." The IPCC said nearly half the world's population is already vulnerable to increasingly dangerous climate impacts, and a third to half of the planet needs
The UN has said climate change is causing widespread loss and damage to lives, livelihoods, homes and natural habitats – with more severe effects to come..
The UN has said climate change is causing widespread loss and damage to lives, livelihoods, homes and natural habitats – with more severe effects to come..