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We Must Confront Climate Change to End Poverty
2013-06-22 00:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: Over the last 20 years, the World Bank Group has helped countries lift 663 million people out of poverty. In the next 20, we believe it is possible to end extreme poverty. This goal is within our grasp. But poverty reduction and climate change are linked. We have powerful new evidence that even if climate change falls short of the much-discussed 4°C warmer world, we could witness the rolling back of decades of development gains and force tens of millions more to live in poverty. If we don't...
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