Government launches map showing effects of climate change

The map shows a number of places are expected to suffer from falling crop yields, melting ice, higher temperatures, water resource problems and rising sea levels. The map also shows a number of ocean areas likely to see alterations in marine ecosystems.

According to the map, if temperatures rise by four degrees the UK would have to deal with rising sea levels and alterations in its water resources.

Climate and Energy Secretary Ed Miliband, his brother Foreign Secretary David Miliband and Professor John Beddington launched the map at the Science Museum in London.

The Department of Energy and Climate Change claims that an increase in global temperatures will see lower production of cereals and the melting of large parts of the Himalayan glaciers by 2050, meaning that 23 per cent of the Chinese population would not have drinking water.

Ed Miliband, said, "To tackle the problem of climate change, all of us - foreign ministries, environment ministries, treasuries, departments of defence and all parts of government and societies - must work together to keep global temperatures to 2C," reports the BBC.

The government has recently come under fire for an alarmist advertising campaign about the dangers posed by climate change that depicts puppies drowning due to rising sea levels.