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Mother Jones: Climate change – adapt or die?
Source: Mother Jones Global warming could kill a million people a year by 2030. So why's the US stalling on a deal that would help countries adapt? —By Kate Sheppard Mon Dec. 6, 2010 4:00 AM PST In the next decade, the effects of a rapidly warming [...] Read more...
British Medical Journal: Deaths from climate change will triple in next 20 years if inaction continues, warns report
Source: British Medical Journal Zosia Kmietowicz The number of deaths attributable to climate change will reach one million a year by 2030—up from 350 000 this year—if efforts to limit worldwide rises in temperature are not speeded up, warns a new report [...] Read more...
International Business Times: Climate Change Will Lead to 5 Million Deaths by 2020 – Report
Source: International Business Times Approximately 5 million people will die over the next ten years due to climate change. They are currently dying at a pace of 350,000 per year, and that rate will increase to one million fatalities per year by 2030, according [...] Read more...
Green Economy: Climate change will lead to 5 million deaths by 2020 – Report
Source: Green Economy Approximately 5 million people will die over the next ten years due to climate change. They are currently dying at a pace of 350,000 per year, and that rate will increase to one million fatalities per year by 2030, according to a [...] Read more...
China Daily US: Cancun data highlights global warming
Source: China Daily US By Li Xing, Wu Chong and Lan Lan (China Daily) Updated: 2010-12-06 07:17 CANCUN, Mexico - A series of figures released on the sidelines of the ongoing Cancun climate talks highlight the serious impact of climate change on people, cities [...] Read more...
Beijing Review: State of climate crisis report launched in Cancun
Source: Beijing Review DARA, a leading humanitarian research organization, and the Climate Vulnerable Forum, a group of committed most vulnerable countries, Friday launched a major new global report on the state of the climate crisis. The "Climate Vulnerability [...] Read more...
Al Jazeera: Climate change – who cares?
Source: Al Jazeera As delegates from 193 nations meet in Cancun, public concern about climate change appears to be declining. David Poort Last Modified: 05 Dec 2010 11:25 GMT As delegates from 193 nations are meeting in Mexico for the Cancun climate summit [...] Read more...
La Gran Época: Report notes that 80% of deaths are due to the climate crisis (Spanish)
Source: La Gran Época La alerta proviene de la organización humanitaria DARA quién presentó en Londres un estudio sobre la vulnerabilidad en 184 países Por Eloy Sotelo- La Gran Época Dom, 5 Dec 2010 08:40 +0000 DARA presentó su nuevo informe [...] Read more...
The Philippine Star: Latin bloc scolds rich countries at climate talks
Source: The Philippine Star By AP (The Philippine Star) Updated December 05, 2010 12:00 AM Mexico - A bloc of Latin American countries issued a stern warning to rich nations Friday that unless they commit to new emissions cuts, the UN climate talks in Cancun [...] Read more...
National Nine News: Climate study: a million deaths a year by 2030
Source: National Nine News By 2030, climate change will indirectly cause nearly one million deaths a year and inflict 157 billion dollars in damage, according to estimates presented at UN talks. The biggest misery will be heaped on more than 50 of the world [...] Read more...