Brace for weather extremes – UN panel (TEOTWAWKI)

— UN climate scientists warns of weather extremes – Global warming to create “weather on steroids” – Human settlement in some areas could be wiped out The assessment is the most comprehensive probe yet by the 194-nation Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) into the impact of climate change on extreme weather events. A 20-page draft “summary for policymakers” obtained by AFP says in essence that global warming will create weather on steroids. It also notes that these amped-up events – cyclones, heat waves, diluvian rains, drought – will hit the world unevenly. Subject to modification, the draft summary will be examined by governments at a six-day IPCC meeting starting on Monday in the Ugandan capital of Kampala. (Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au …