Climate change: 'Horrifying' warning of '10 million deaths' if world leaders fail to act at COP26 News


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Ten million people are "likely to die" due to extreme temperatures if world leaders fail to agree significant cuts in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, a report has warned. Agricultural output could also drop by 30% by 2050 - even as the amount of food needed by growing populations is predicted to rise by 50%, according to international affairs think tank Chatham House. The report produced for governments ahead of COP26 , the UN climate meeting in Glasgow this November, said severe impacts of climate change will be "locked in" from 2040 unless greenhouse gas emissions "drastically" decline before 2030....