(Agencies)
Updated: 2007-11-17 10:31

Valencia, Spain - Less than three weeks before a crucial conference on climate change, UN experts agreed Friday on a draft report that warns global warming may have far-reaching and irreversible consequences.

Icebergs along a fjord in Greenland. Less than three weeks before a crucial conference on climate change, UN experts agreed on a draft report that warns global warming may have far-reaching and irreversible consequences. [Agencies]

The report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is designed to guide policymakers for the next five years.

Delegates to the Nobel-winning scientific authority agreed the draft after night-long negotiations, chief French delegate Marc Gillet said.

Human activities "could lead to abrupt or irreversible climate changes and impacts," the agreed text said.

The report will be officially adopted on Saturday, followed by a press conference attended by United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon.

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