Sheep graze near a dried irrigation channel on Tuesday in Firebaugh, California. Droughts, heatwaves, floods and rising seas are among the threats that will intensify through global warming. AFP PHOTO
Sheep graze near a dried irrigation channel on Tuesday in Firebaugh, California. Droughts, heatwaves, floods and rising seas are among the threats that will intensify through global warming. AFP PHOTO

TOKYO: Global warming will reduce the world’s crop production by up to two percent every decade and wreak $1.45 trillion of economic damage by the end of this century, according to a draft United Nations (UN) report, Japanese media said on Friday.

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