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| - A draft report from the UN's climate advisory panel paints a bleak picture for the future of our warming planet: widespread disease, unliveable heat, species extinction and coastal cities swallowed up by rising oceans. The report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), seen exclusively by AFP, says prolonged warming on Earth beyond even the most ambitious target of 1.5 degrees Celsius could lead to "irreversible consequences". And the impacts could hit sooner than once feared: many will be felt by children born today before they turn 30. The 4,000-page report offers an extensive assessment of how climate change is ravaging our world and is designed to inform policy decisions to circumvent worst-case scenarios. It is a dire warning to act now. AFP has produced a comprehensive package of multimedia stories after receiving exclusive access to the report, which is set to be released in February 2022. Here are the stories: Climate-IPCC-report,WRAP PARIS Severe climate impacts will unavoidably ravage nature and humankind by mid-century or sooner, according to the draft of a landmark report from the UN's climate science advisory body obtained by AFP. 1,300 words by Marlowe Hood with Patrick Galey and Kelly Macnamara. File picture. Video. Graphic Climate-IPCC-report-cities-oceans,FOCUS PARIS Many of the world's large coastal cities are fundamentally threatened by rising seas even as their populations continue to swell, according to an unpublished UN report seen by AFP. 1,900 words by Kelly Macnamara with AFP bureaus in Dhaka, Cape Town, Rotterdam and Venice. File picture. Video. Graphic Climate-IPCC-report-heatwaves,FOCUS PARIS Horrific scenes of a deadly heatwave sweeping large swathes of the Earth may be closer to science than fiction, according to the revised draft of a landmark UN report on climate impacts that warns that millions are at risk from rising temperatures. 1,200 words by Marlowe Hood. File picture. Graphic Climate-IPCC-report-takeaways,FACTS PARIS Here are 10 top takeaways from a draft UN climate report obtained by AFP, the most comprehensive compendium of global heating impacts on nature and humanity ever compiled. 400 words by Patrick Galey, Marlowe Hood and Kelly Macnamara. File picture Climate-IPCC-report-impacts-health,FOCUS PARIS Hunger, drought and disease will afflict tens of millions more people within decades, according to a draft UN assessment that lays bare the dire human health consequences of a warming planet. 1,200 words by Patrick Galey. File picture. Graphic Climate-IPCC-report-impacts-nature,POINTS PARIS Climate change threats to life on Earth are systemic, interconnected and on a scale unprecedented in human history, the UN's climate science advisors warn. 500 words by Kelly Macnamara, Patrick Galey and Marlowe Hood. File picture. Graphic Climate-IPCC-report-impacts-people,POINTS PARIS The forthcoming assessment from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) offers the most exhaustive look yet at how our warming planet will impact humankind's health, wealth and well-being. 550 words by Patrick Galey, Marlowe Hood and Kelly Macnamara. File picture. Graphic Climate-IPCC-report-impacts-planet-economy,POINTS PARIS Future economic impacts of climate change across the globe look grim even when projections are based on optimistic greenhouse gas emissions scenarios, according to a draft UN report. 550 words by Marlowe Hood, Patrick Galey and Kelly Macnamara. File picture afp
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