Andy Rowell, 28 February 2006
Bills Test
This is a test blah blah
The
report of a scientific conference held last year has just been published that
warns that the risks of climate change are more serious than previously
thought. This includes rising temperatures and increasing water scarcity,
including for the people of the Middle East. The
scientists concluded that “by the 2050s, between 1.1 and 2.8 billion water-stressed
people could see a reduction in water availability due to climate change …These
impacted populations are largely in the Middle East and central Asia, Europe,
southern Africa and parts of central, north and south America”.[i]
Then
last week new research was published by Britain’s
Environment Agency. It is another alarm bell we should all be worried about. The
research, the first of its kind to examine the impact of climate change beyond
the end of this century, concluded that over the next millennium temperatures
could increase by up to 15°C with seas rising by up to 11.4 metres. This would
mean that vast areas of low-lying regions would be under water, including countries
such as Bangladesh.
[i] http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/climatechange/internat/pdf/avoid-dangercc.pdf
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