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The case for climate-change earmarks

By Luis Morago  -  11.11.2008 / 14:13 CET
Will the EU let climate change decimate the poor world? ‘Yes' seems to be answer judging by the opposition to an adaptation fund.

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AN INCREASINGLY FAMILIAR SIGHT. Flooded homes in Sudan this August. Developing countries are already experiencing four times the number of natural disasters they did 20 years ago. REUTERS
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€38 billion

The minimum sum that Oxfam believes is needed to help the developing world cope with the impact of climate change, over and above existing aid.

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