Thursday, November 29, 2007

UN report focuses on poverty and the climate


The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) released Tuesday The Other Half of Climate Change report, focusing on the impact of climate change on the poor in Indonesia as well as efforts to adapt to the global weather phenomenon.

In the report, it says that Indonesia will face changes in season and rainfall, more extreme weather events, rises in sea levels of between 9 and 100 centimeters, warmer oceans and higher temperatures due to global warming.

The report was released together with the UNDP's annual Human Development report.

UNDP country director for Indonesia Hakan Bjorkman said the impact of climate change was discriminatory.

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