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The UN panel on climate change warned that famine, water shortage and increased regional tension could plague south Asia, especially India, if corrective steps weren’t taken soon to curb greenhouse gas emissions. The alarmist report by the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) was released on March 31 2014, at Yokohama in Japan, and focuses on the global impact climate change would have on agriculture, water supply and society. “Nobody on this planet is going to be untouched by the impacts of climate change,” IPCC chair Dr Rajendra Pachauri said at the report’s release. The report comes a few months before negotiators from about 190 countries are set to resume stalled talks on a global deal to cut greenhouse emissions, in Germany.