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Catastrophic warming to hit poor, says World Bank [1]

THE World Bank has warned the planet is on track to warm by 4 degrees this century, leading to more extreme heat waves, lower crop yields and increased flooding, possibly as early as 2060.

Publication Date: 
21/11/2012
Age (Australia) [2]
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Climate Change [3], Climate Impacts [4], World Bank [5], Floods [6], Drought [7], Natural Disasters [8], Extreme Weather Events [9], Agriculture [10], Global Warming [11], Poverty [12], Biodiversity [13], Water Resources [14], Corals [15], Ecosystems [16], Carbon Capture and Storage [17]

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