A relief group Christian Aid estimates the
number of refugees around the world will top a billion by 2050,
in large part due to global warming.
Developing countries are predicted to suffer
an average 10 to 25 percent decline in agricultural productivity
by the 2080s.
America uses about 15 times more energy
per person than does the typical developing country.
Worldwide, some 2 billion people have no electricity.
Something to think about:
Although
they produce low amounts of greenhouse gases, under-developed
countries—such as those in sub-Saharan Africa—have “the most to
lose under dire predictions of wrenching change in weather
patterns.”
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