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Global Warming Heating Up Poor Nations

While Americans wonder whether climate change has contributed to the relentless hurricane bashings we’ve taken the past two years, international charitable organizations are concerned that poorer nations will take the brunt of problems arising from a warmer planet.

Christian Aid, an international Christian charity, recently called upon the U.S. and other developed nations to cut carbon emissions by two-thirds by the year 2050 to ease health threats stemming from global warming.

Climate change is already contributing to problems in Africa, the group noted, through increased droughts and insect-borne diseases such as malaria that grow worse as warmer climes breed greater mosquito populations.

“The Climate of Poverty: Facts, Fears and Hopes” was released May 15. It notes that 185 million people in sub-Saharan Africa are at risk and that hundreds of millions of people in Southeast Asia fear massive flooding from rising sea levels caused by global warming over the next several decades.

Echoing the cry from environmental groups and a growing number of businesses and politicians, Christian Aid asked developed nations to end their dependence on foreign oil and switch to alternative energy sources such as wind and solar power.

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To learn more about what you can do to slow global warming right now, go to www.fightglobalwarming.com and www.cleartheair.org.

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