联合国：全球变暖“威胁”关键基础设施

3Oz0}N&i1WF0全球主要的气候学家将于本周发出警告称，气候变化已经威胁到人类社会至关重要的基础设施，如公路和铁路网络、水资源和能源系统以及医疗保健体系等，而其造成的破坏还将进一步恶化。绿色建筑博客2G)g9Q.V0db

由一批著名科学家撰写的一份联合国(UN)报告还将得出如下结论：在发生破坏性后果的同时，有些地方将从人类导致的全球变暖中受益，如英国、北欧以及美洲部分地区。绿色建筑博客.R^hp$I7B
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但是，预计科学家们将得出结论称，在气候较为温暖的地区，如南欧、美国南部和亚洲部分地区，将出现农作物减产、干旱以及人类和动植物疾病蔓延等后果。绿色建筑博客u(@-@&w$_!q
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全世界主要的气候学家周一将在布鲁塞尔会面，完成有关全球变暖后果的报告。这项工作至今已历时6年，吸收了逾2500名专家的工作成果。按计划，他们于上周五发布了报告摘要，使之成为联合国政府间气候变化问题小组(Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change)报告的第二部分。

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ZQ7l O;`9b ]0Climate change is already threatening vital infrastructure such as road and rail networks, water and energy systems and healthcare, and the damage will worsen, the world's leading climate scientists will warn this week.

,n [D*X,r/Y8l0The damage will occur even as some regions, such as the UK and northern Europe, and parts of the Americas, benefit from human-induced global warming, a United Nations report compiled by leading scientists will conclude.

Areas that now have cold climates will experience longer growing seasons and a greater variety of crops, as well as becoming more attractive to tourists. Melting ice may also allow for mineral extraction in areas such as Canada and Russia, and drilling for oil in the Arctic.

But warmer regions, such as southern Europe, the US south and parts of Asia, will suffer lower agricultural yields, droughts and the spread of human, animal and plant diseases, the scientists are expected to conclude.绿色建筑博客;t
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On Monday in Brussels, the world's leading climate scientists will meet to finalise their findings on the impact of global warming in the form of the report, six years in the making and drawing on the work of more than 2,500 experts. On Friday, they are scheduled to publish their summary, making up the second section of the report of the Inter-governmental Panel onClimate Change.