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Global Warming Threatens Economic Chaos
Southeast Asia is one of the world’s most vulnerable regions to climate change and could face conflict over failing rice yields, lack of water and high economic costs, a major Asian Development Bank report shows.
The region’s economies...
G8 Summit: Feed the Hungry or Fuel Hunger?
As the rich Group of 8 (G8) nations convene in L’Aquila, Italy this week, world hunger will once again take center stage. The United States will likely announce a “significant” increase in funding for agricultural development...
G8 Summit Focused on Economy, Climate Change
Leaders of the world’s eight major industrial countries, meeting in central Italy are reporting progress in their discussions on efforts to deal with global warming.
U.S. officials at the G-8 summit in the earthquake-ravaged city of L’Aquila...