US Climate Assessment warns of huge costs of climate change

摘要

The third national US Climate Assessment has warned of 'staggering human and economic costs' from climate change that require fast action on mitigation. The 1300-page assessment warns that the past decade has been the hottest on record in the US, with periods of extreme heat lasting longer than in living experience. Other climate effects include more intense and erratic rainfall and sea level rise and storm surges that threaten thousands of coastal communities. The impacts are being felt across the country, the report adds.