AlHijjah 22, 1432, Nov 18, 2011, SPA -- Climate change will cause more extreme weather incoming years, making winter days colder and summer hotter, with increased risks of floods and droughts in some regions of the world, a new UN report warned Friday. The report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says there is a high likelihood that greenhouse gas emissions caused by human activities, such as coal burning, are influencing weather patterns. Poorer countries' economies will likely be battered the most by the wilder weather, as food insecurity might increase due to lesss table production, while fishing capacities could decrease. Even tourism, a major source of income in developing nations, could be affected. Small island nations will face rising sea levels, the wind speed of tropical cyclones will increase, and hot days will become more frequent and hotter, the scientists writing for the IPCC report estimated.
