UN climate report issues final warning: 2 scientists explain

Prepare for disasters as extreme weather becomes routine

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Smoke billows from the Bootleg Fire in Oregon. A U.N. climate report released Monday says the world will experience extreme weather, like wildfires and droughts, more frequently as a result of rising temperatures.  © Reuters

JUNYA IWAI and TOMOHIRO EBUCHI, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Climate scientists unequivocally blamed human activity for the warming of the planet in a United Nations report released Monday, painting a bleak future of extreme weather, including worsening heat waves, floods and droughts.

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