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World Bank warns even two degree rise will cripple development efforts
The World Bank has issued its clearest warning to date that development efforts in poorer nations will be derailed without a huge increase in funding for climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts.
The Bank`s annual World Development Report warns that even if the G8 group of industrialised nations achieves its target of limiting global warming to two degrees above pre-industrial levels, the increase in global average temperatures will still result in shrinking levels of GDP for many African and Asian countries.
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Lawyers call on G20 to deliver clearer climate change regulations
A coalition including some of the UK`s largest law firms has called upon world leaders to deliver a clear and consistent international regulatory framework, or risk undermining the effectiveness of the global climate change deal that is expected to be agreed later this year in Copenhagen.
The Legal Sector Alliance (LSA), which represents 124 law firms including global players such as Linklaters and Taylor Wessing, issued a communiqué to leaders of the G20 group of nations calling for the adoption of more effective regulations capable of enabling deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions and adaptation ... |
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