Sunday, October 07, 2012

Pure insanity from "global climate justice advocate" Jan Egeland: Using cash trying to prevent imagined CO2-induced disasters allegedly is wiser than using that same cash to respond to real disasters

Jan Egeland issues climate change alert
Investing in measures to adapt to climate change would pay better returns than paying for emergency disaster relief, said global climate justice advocate Jan Egeland.

The Norwegian expert, who spoke at the Foreign Correspondents' Club on Friday, said he was disturbed that many developing Asian countries are prioritising development over climate change adaptation.
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"When sea levels increase by 1cm, 30% of all rice-producing areas of the world will be submerged; and by that time the world population will have increased from seven to nine billion people.

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