MAD Climate – Making a Difference

Source: IRIN Millions, possibly even billions of people will be affected by the impact of climate change, some reports say; gloomy ones tell you it is already happening, more optimistic ones say it will happen by the end of the century.

Climate change is claiming 300,000 lives a year and costing the global economy $125bn annually, with the damage set to escalate rapidly, according to the first study of the immediate effects of global warming.

Source: Reuters * African ministers in common front ahead of December talks * Ministers seek access to funds to combat climate change By Wangui Kanina NAIROBI, May 29 (Reuters) - The challenges facing Africa ...

The challenges facing Africa to fight climate change are enormous and costs are huge though hard to quantify, South Africa's environment minister said on Friday.

Three hundred thousand people are already dying every year as a result of global warming according to the most comprehensive report ever on the human impact of climate change.

Climate change is responsible for the deaths of 300,000 people every year and costs 125 billion dollars (90 billion euros) annually, a new report said Friday.

Climate change kills about 315,000 people a year through hunger, sickness and weather disasters, and the annual death toll is expected to rise to half a million by 2030, a report said on Friday. 

Source: Reuters By Megan Rowling LONDON, May 29 (Reuters) - Climate change kills about 315,000 people a year through hunger, sickness and weather disasters, and the annual death toll is expected to rise to half a ...

Climate change is already killing 300,000 people a year in a “silent crisis” that is seriously affecting hundreds of millions more, an influential humanitarian group warned today.

When the world’s political leaders gather in Copenhagen in December to discuss climate change, they will be carrying the concerns of the public they represent.