Yangtze delta warned to prepare for effects of climate change


The Yangtze delta, which is home to about 400 million people, has been warming far faster than the global average for more than a decade and the implications for food security and biodiversity will worsen without remedial action, according to WWF China

Gabura, Bangladesh: from daily life to disaster

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A terrifying vision of a world devastated by climate change

climate refugees

Global warming could create 150 million 'climate refugees' by 2050
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Rainforest razed so cattle can graze

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What is the cause of deforestation?

Who benefits? who loses?

What is the scale of deforestation?

What are the economic causes and effects?

Are there any social effects?

What are the local issues?

What are the global issues?

Who is responsible?

Global warming is 'irreversible'

A team of environmental researchers in the US has warned many effects of climate change are irreversible.
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National Trust warns of loss of beauty spots due to coastal erosion

Which parts of the UK are under threat?

What are the choices for managing the areas

What is the environmental impact?

Is there a human impact?

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