Koko Warner, who contributed to a chapter on risk management and decision-making in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, said she had lost a lot of sleep about what the science is saying and urgent action needs to be taken.
She and two other experts on climate and conservation spoke to the Associated Press after the U.N. backed IPCC released the report at the World Meteorological Organisation’s headquarters in Geneva.
The special report, written by more than 100 scientists and unanimously approved by diplomats from nations around the world, made further warnings about the issue of global warming.
It also laid out actions that governments, farmers, and the general public can take to help battle climate change.
The scientists said if people change the way they eat and grow food it could help save the planet from a far warmer future.
Cynthia Rosenzweig, who contributed to chapter of the IPCC report on food security, said climate change is already impacting food security and extreme weather events caused by climate change are also affecting the supply chain of our food.
Earth’s land masses are warming twice as fast as the planet as a whole.
While heat-trapping gases are causing problems in the atmosphere, the land has been less talked about as part of climate change.
Global Policy Manager for WWF’s Climate and Energy Practice Fernanda Carvalho said the report touched on “everything” with regard to land and climate change, though she said the conservation group would have liked to see more of a focus on biodiversity.