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There will be a serious risk of severe ill-health in the country soon. The risk of mortality and morbidity is also going to go up during periods of extreme heat, a major consequence of the ongoing climate change. "Climate change is certain to impact human health adversely. Many diseases which were only heard of will now start affecting the community at large," said Mr H N Ravindranath, Centre for Sustainable Technologies, Indian Institute of Science. Warming, drought, flooding and precipitation are some of the very obvious changes which will be visible in the years to come, said experts gathered at the deliberation session at the Divecha Centre for Climate Change, IISC recently. Experts discussed the findings of the Inter- governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group II (WG-II) findings released on March 31 2014.