Climate Change is a global human rights issue
BBC World News, Good Friday, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6532323.stm
Billions face climate change risk
The impact of climate change has been a major source of disputeBillions of people face shortages of food and water and increased risk of flooding, experts at a major climate change conference have warned.
The bleak conclusion came ahead of the publication of a key report by hundreds of international environmental experts.
Agreement on the final wording of the report was reached after a marathon debate through the night in Brussels.
People living in poverty would be worst affected by the effects of climate change, the gathered experts said.
"It's the poorest of the poor in the world, and this includes poor people even in prosperous societies, who are going to be the worst hit," said Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Mr Pachauri said those people were also the least equipped to deal with the effects of such changes.
Billions face climate change risk
The impact of climate change has been a major source of disputeBillions of people face shortages of food and water and increased risk of flooding, experts at a major climate change conference have warned.
The bleak conclusion came ahead of the publication of a key report by hundreds of international environmental experts.
Agreement on the final wording of the report was reached after a marathon debate through the night in Brussels.
People living in poverty would be worst affected by the effects of climate change, the gathered experts said.
"It's the poorest of the poor in the world, and this includes poor people even in prosperous societies, who are going to be the worst hit," said Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Mr Pachauri said those people were also the least equipped to deal with the effects of such changes.
posted by Global Thinker at 9:26 AM
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Hi! I'm writing in from TheNewsRoom and I'd like to say that we are already feeling the impact of climate change in our lives. The heat waves, the drought, the fierce storms, etc. We have to be prepared to secure our food supplies next.
Expert says rising sea levels pose threat to rice: http://www.thenewsroom.com/details/479394?c_id=wom-bc-ar
Rising sea levels engulfing Indian world heritage islands: http://www.thenewsroom.com/details/25810?c_id=wom-bc-ar
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