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World Bank highlights climate-poverty link
2013-06-20 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The World Bank says it will increasingly view its efforts to help developing countries fight poverty through a "climate lens." In a report released Wednesday, the international lending institution warned that heat waves, rising seas, more severe storms and other impacts of climate change will trap millions of people in poverty. As a result, the Washington-based bank said it is stepping up support for efforts to curb climate change and to help the world adapt to it. "Urgent action is needed...
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