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Climate change and the poor: Adapt or die

Sep. 12, 2008
Poor countries are hit hardest by global warmingNEW evidence suggests that global warming is progressing faster than previously thought, and it is affecting the world's poor disproportionately. Those poorest, a billion people in 100 countries, are hit hardest by flooding, drought and the spread...
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Russian Maria Sharapova signs autographs after winning her French Open womens first round match against Romanian Alexandra Cadantu at Roland Garros in Paris on May 29, 2012. Sharapova defeated Cadantu 6-0, 6-0 to advance to the next round. UPI/David Silpa