AFP: Africa needs $65 bln to meet climate change: minister

OUAGADOUGOU — Africa needs 65 billion dollars (44 billion euros) to deal with the effects of global warming, Burkina Faso's environment minister said Friday at the opening of a special forum on climate change.

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He called climate change an unacceptable threat that “could forever damage the world that we pass on to our children.” In an apparent message to China and India, he urged all nations to transform the way they use energy.

[Every time you exhale, you're helping terrorists produce heroin]: Taliban, al Qaeda Helped by Global Warming - ABC News

The other global warming factor involves the extensive poppy farming that is making the Taliban and al Qaeda very rich, according to a number of studies.

The drought-resistant opium poppies that feed a booming heroin trade, say Sharifi and a number of other authorities, are making the Taliban and Al Qaeda very rich.