Warmer World Will Keep Millions of People Trapped in Poverty

Thursday, 20 June 2013, 1:54 pm Press Release: World Bank PRESS RELEASE June 19, 2013 LONDON, June 19, 2013�"Regular food shortages in Sub-Saharan Africa….shifting rain patterns in South Asia leaving some parts under water and others without enough water for power generation, irrigation, or drinking….degradation and loss of reefs in South East Asia resulting in reduced fish stocks and coastal communities and cities more vulnerable to increasingly violent storms….these are but a few of the likely impacts of a possible global temperature rise of 2 degrees Celsius[1] in the next few decades that threatens to trap millions of people in poverty, according to a new scientific report released today...