| By Anna Yukhananov, Reuters. An article relevant to GSS Climate
Change chapter 9. Excerpt: All nations will suffer the effects of a
warmer world, but it is the world's poorest countries that will be hit
hardest by food shortages, rising sea levels, cyclones and drought, the
World Bank said in a report on climate change. Under new World Bank
President Jim Yong Kim, the global development lender has launched a
more aggressive stance to integrate climate change into development.
…The report, called "Turn Down the Heat," highlights the devastating
impact of a world hotter by 4 degrees Celsius (7.2 Fahrenheit) by the
end of the century, a likely scenario under current policies, …. As the
first scientist to head the World Bank, Kim has pointed to "unequivocal"
scientific evidence for man-made climate change to urge countries to do
more. …Kim said 97 percent of scientists agree on the reality of
climate change. …Kim said the World Bank plans to further meld climate
change with development in its programs. Last year, the Bank doubled its
funding for countries seeking to adapt to climate change, and now
operates $7.2 billion in climate investment funds in 48 countries. The
World Bank study comes as almost 200 nations will meet in Doha, Qatar,
from Nov. 26 to Dec. 7 to try to extend the Kyoto Protocol, the existing
plan for curbing greenhouse gas emissions by developed nations that
runs to the end of the year. Read the full article: http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/19/15267258-no-nation-immune-to-climate-change-world-bank-report-shows |
Updates >