Racing against clock, sleep-deprived UN panel scrambling to finish landmark climate report
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009 file photo, steam and smoke rises from a coal burning power plant in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. After an all-night session, the U.N.'s expert panel on climate science is scrambling to finish a report on global warming that's meant to guide negotiations on a new international climate deal. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File) (The Associated Press)
After an all-night session, the U.N.'s expert panel on climate science is scrambling to finish a report on global warming that's meant to guide negotiations on a new international climate deal.
Combining the findings of three earlier reports, the conclusions of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change are expected to be that global warming is man-made, already having an impact and potentially irreversible unless the world curbs greenhouse gas emissions from the burning of fossil fuels and deforestation.
The report caps a six-year effort involving thousands of scientists to describe what global warming is doing to the planet and what can be done to stop it.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}IPCC spokesman Jonathan Lynn said Saturday that delegates had some work left but expected the report to be released as planned Sunday.