Billions of people face shortages of food and water and increased risk of
flooding, experts at a major climate change conference have warned.
The bleak conclusion came ahead of the publication of a key report by hundreds
of international environmental experts.
Agreement on the final wording of the report was reached after a marathon debate
through the night in Brussels.
People living in poverty would be worst affected by the effects of climate
change, the gathered experts said.
"It's the poorest of the poor in the world, and this includes poor people even
in prosperous societies, who are going to be the worst hit," said Rajendra
Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Mr Pachauri said those people were also the least equipped to deal with the
effects of such changes.
Outlining the report's findings, Martin Parry, co-chairman of IPCC ...