The cost of adapting to climate change

Farmers in developing countries are already feeling the effects of climate change. What is needed to help them cope is an almost unprecedented shift of resources from north to south.

The gap between rhetoric and reality, the developed and developing worlds, is cruelly illustrated by the huge promises and meagre results of successive global gatherings on providing funds to help less developed countries adapt to the changing climate. On Tuesday, ... Full Story »

Posted by Fabrice Florin - via The Guardian (US)
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Posted by: via The Guardian - Nov 26, 2009 - 6:03 AM PST
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by Fred Gatlin - Nov. 26, 2009

This is a fairly well written and informative story. The effects on Africa are documented. Unfortunately the conclusion is too focused. I agree that are serious issues for Africa, but also in many other areas.

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by Lucas Duffy- Tumasz - Feb. 27, 2010
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by Fabrice Florin - Nov. 26, 2009
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by Ipiphani Battle-King - Feb. 28, 2010

I think it was a good idea to collect voices of African people about how they are adapting to the change of their environment. But then again if they are not getting amount of help and support they need to survive this climate change, they will most likely fall apart. Money is hard to get and go around but the fact that they are trying to keep their environment together is good.

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