Climate change could ‘severely compromise’ maritime trade, warns IPCC
The costs of accommodating port growth and adapting to sea level rise could amount to $223bn to $768bn before 2050 globally, report warns
Bigger storms and sea level rises are already affecting port activity, infrastructure and supply chains, but states and industry are failing to adapt to the changes, according to the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which warned climate threats would be felt from food insecurity to piracy
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