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I don't know if there truly is an actual consensus in the scientific community, but it is true that an aggregate warming of the earth as a whole will cause some hot spots to become cooler, and some cool spots to warm, some deserts to recover, and some wet regions to loose their rainfall. "Change" is a good word.

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In particular it's the case that some of Antarctica has been cooling: http://www.asoc.org/advocacy/climate-change-and-the-antarcti...

Change is a good word, except when it causes the general public to be confused about what the average is (warming.)

Sea ice coverage in Antarctica is interesting.

Until the last couple of years, it's been at all-time highs, but it has crashed big-time: http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/charctic-interactive-sea-i... click over to Antarctica.

The trend is warmer. The local effects are highly variable as weather patterns are severely impacted by these changes.

Warmer means more energy, and more energy means more chaos.

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