Climate change causes famine
Climate change will have a negative impact on food production in tropical developing countries, reports a document of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). It states that the losses of production associated with climate change will be higher than those linked with weather-related disasters like cyclones. The FAO said that an average temperature increase of about two per cent is expected between 2001 and 2100.
A new UN environmental report outlines how countries can meet targets to reduce greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) by counting their forests as
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