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According to Chris Field, an expert on the subject who is a member of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), global warming is far worse than predicted, since greenhouse gas emissions are increasing faster than expected. - France24

Tropical forests may dry out and become vulnerable to devastating wildfires as global warming accelerates over the coming decades, a senior scientist has warned. Soaring greenhouse gas emissions, driven by a surge in coal use in countries such as China and India, are threatening temperature rises that will turn damp and humid forests into parched tinderboxes, said Dr Chris Field, co-chair of the UN's Nobel prize winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - The Guardian