BERLIN -- A U.N.-appointed panel of experts is publishing a key report Monday summarizing the latest authoritative scientific information on climate change. The report, being released at 0800 GMT (4 a.m. EDT) will provide governments with up-to-date facts on the current impacts and future risks of global warming ahead of a U.N. climate summit in November in Glasgow. It will also examine how various options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will affect the pace of climate change over the coming decades. Previous reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change found that those goals were achievable if drastic changes are made to the world economy in the coming decades. ———Read more of AP's climate coverage at http://www.apnews.com/Climate

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