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As well as arithmetic, language and history, children at primary schools in the Netherlands will now also have lessons about global warming. They will be taught that humans are causing this alleged phenomenon.

Britain urges global climate change action | An Inconvenient Blog

“Climate change is today’s crisis, not tomorrow’s risk and is already affecting millions of people in Bangladesh,” Douglas said, noting rising sea-levels and falling crop yields in the world’s sixth most populated country with 153 million people.
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“We are seeing more and more floods and people losing their homes. Shorter winters have meant food production has decreased and people working on the land have lost their jobs and their livelihoods,” said Elora Ferdous, Oxfam programme officer in Bangladesh.

“Current funds fall far too short and the process is too long and cumbersome. We cannot afford to wait. We need money now so that we can protect communities.”

Oxfam called for an 80 percent cut in global carbon emissions by 2050 and a $50 billion (28.4 billion pounds) a year to fund adaptation to climate change in developing countries.

The World Development Movement lobby group said it expected that up to 35 million Bangladeshis would face having their homes flooded by mid-century.