IPCC: climate change set to worsen extreme weather

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Summary of UN body's forthcoming report warns heatwaves and floods are likely to increase in the next century

Climate change is likely to make extreme droughts and flooding more frequent, and governments must design new ways to cope, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said today. The UN body...

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