Experts warn climate change to raise seas by 2m by 2100

BEIJING. November 25. KAZINFORM Global warming could raise sea levels by 2 meters at worst by 2100, much faster than expected, experts said in a statement; Kazinform refers to Xinhua.

In the statement "Copenhagen Diagnosis" -- a warning to next month's UN climate summit in Copenhagen, the experts on Tuesday urged actions to keep down the rising greenhouse gas emissions by 2015 or 2020 to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.

"Climate change is accelerating beyond expectations," the statement said, "accounting for ice-sheets and glaciers, global sea-level rise may exceed 1 meter by 2100, with a rise of up to 2 meters considered an upper limit."

They said global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels were almost 40 percent higher in 2008 than in 1990; Kazinform cites Xinhua.

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