Updated: IPCC chief warns even two degree rise spells "bad news"

James S Murray
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Head of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change insists even best-case scenarios mean increased incidence of floods, droughts and heatwaves

The chairman of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Dr Rajendra K Pachauri, has today accused politicians of dragging their heels when establishing a precise definition of what constitutes...

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