From WaterWorld Jan. 29, 2010 — World leaders are set to fail their first test on climate change since Copenhagen and put the world on track for almost four degrees of warming, said Oxfam International today, ahead of the 31 January deadline for countries to submit emission reduction targets under the Copenhagen Accord. Despite agreeing [...]
Oxfam: Four billion people threatened by water shortages if climate change is not addressed
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