Staten Island: With respect to the science of climate change, many experts regard the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change as the world`s authoritative institution. A draft summary of its forthcoming report was leaked recently. It describes the panel`s growing confidence that climate change is real, that it is a result of human action, and that if the world continues on its current course, it will face exceedingly serious losses and threats (including a significant rise in sea levels by century`s end).
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