In the Media
El Universal: There will be 5 million deaths in 2020 due to climate change – NGO (Spanish)
Source: El Universal Alrededor de 350 mil personas pierden la vida actualmente por asuntos relacionados con el cambio climático, según la organización DARA CANCÚN, QR. | Viernes 03 de diciembre de 2010EFE | El Universal11:00 Un total de cinco [...] Read more...
Le Devoir (Quebec): Humanitarian catastrophe in the midst – Global warming could take 5 million lives in the next 10 years (French)
Source: Le Devoir (Quebec) L'inaction de la communauté internationale et en particulier des pays occidentaux, les responsables de l'essentiel du réchauffement climatique, va coûter la vie à cinq millions de personnes d'ici dix ans et à un million de personnes [...] Read more...
Forbes: 5 Million Deaths From Climate Change Predicted By 2020
Source: Forbes Written by Karl Burkart There’s no doubt United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change delegates are feeling a great deal of pressure to make some tangible progress here at the COP16 climate conference in Cancun. But that pressure [...] Read more...
ABC News: Latin Bloc Scolds Rich Countries at Climate Talks
The Climate Vulnerability Monitor 2010 said the effects of climate change could contribute to the deaths of 5 million people by 2020. Read more...
msn News (India): Latin bloc scolds rich countries at climate talks
Source: msn News (India) CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — A bloc of Latin American countries issued a stern warning to rich nations Friday that unless they commit to new emissions cuts, the U.N. climate talks in Cancun will fail. Negotiators from Venezuela, Bolivia [...] Read more...
Fox News: Latin bloc scolds rich countries at climate talks
Source: Fox News CANCUN, Mexico – A bloc of Latin American countries issued a stern warning to rich nations Friday that unless they commit to new emissions cuts, the U.N. climate talks in Cancun will fail. Negotiators from Venezuela, Bolivia, Nicaragua [...] Read more...
USAToday: Latin bloc scolds rich countries at climate talks
Source: USA Today Posted 12/3/2010 6:50 PM CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — A bloc of Latin American countries issued a stern warning to rich nations Friday that unless they commit to new emissions cuts, the U.N. climate talks in Cancun will fail. Negotiators from [...] Read more...
ReliefWeb: The Humanitarian Response Index 2010- The problems of politicisation
Source: ReliefWeb In 2009, donors provided over 11.5 billion USD in aid to respond to needs of millions of people affected by conflicts and natural disasters around the world. Ensuring that aid is used correctly is no easy task, with humanitarian crises increasing [...] Read more...
Reliefweb: Climate Vulnerability Monitor 2010 – The State of the Climate Crisis
Source: Reliefweb The Climate Vulnerability Monitor takes a new approach to assessing the climate vulnerability of the world and its regions, countries and communities. The Monitor looks at pre-existing characteristics of society that are knowingly affected [...] Read more...
