Thursday, September 3, 2009

wildsingapore news: Poor nations need 'wartime' support against climate change: UN

wildsingapore news: Poor nations need 'wartime' support against climate change: UN: "Poor nations need 'wartime' support against climate change: UN

Yahoo News 1 Sep 09;

GENEVA (AFP) – Developing nations need a 600-billion-dollar 'Marshall Plan' annually to tackle climate change with support from rich nations on a scale not seen outside wartime recovery, a UN report said Tuesday.

The World Economic and Social Survey called for a 'Global Sustainable New Deal' to overcome the 'woefully inadequate' estimate of 21 billion dollars currently set aside internationally to adapt to and cope with climate change."

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