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Global warming, modelled on computer here, kills more people
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Global warming threatens to reverse human
progress, and make unachievable all UN targets to reduce poverty,
according to some of the world's leading international and development
groups.
In a report published today, Oxfam, Greenpeace, Christian Aid, Friends
of the Earth, WWF and 15 other groups say rich governments must
immediately address climate change to avoid even "obscene levels" of worldwide
poverty.
"Food production, water supplies, public health and people's livelihoods are already being
damaged and undermined," the report says. "There is no either/or approach
possible. The world must meet its commitments to achieve poverty reduction
and also tackle climate change. The two are inextricably linked."
The report, which draws on UN predictions of the effects of climate
change in poor countries over the next 50 years, says poor countries will
experience more flooding, declining food production, more disease and the
deterioration or extinction of entire ecosystems on which many of the
world's poorest people depend.
"Climate change needs to be addressed now. The poor will bear the brunt
of the impacts. The frontline experience of many of us working in
international development indicates that communities are having to combat
more extreme weather conditions."
Climate change will play
havoc with agriculture and water supplies and will
increase diseases. "By 2025 the proportion of the world's population
living in countries of significant water stress will almost double, to 6
billion people. Tropical and sub-tropical areas will be hardest hit -
those countries already suffering from food insecurity".
Poor communities mostly do not need hi-tech solutions, but would most
benefit from education, research and being shown how to farm better. The
report says unchecked global warming, more than wars or political upheaval, will displace millions of
people and destabilise many countries.
(Agencies) |
據全球主要的國際發展組織推測，全球變暖不但威脅著人類發展的進程，有可能使之倒退，而且聯合國所有減少貧窮的目標和計劃都將無法實現。
在今天（10月20日）發布的一份報告中，英國牛津救濟委員會、“綠色和平”組織、基督徒互援會、“地球之友”組織、世界野生動物基金組織以及其他15個團體和組織共同表示，財力富足的政府必須立即致力于改變日益惡化的氣候條件，以免全球范圍內的貧窮上升到無法忍受的程度。
報告稱：“糧食生產、水供應、公共衛生和人們的生活已經遭到破壞。想找一個‘非此即彼'的辦法是不可能的。整個世界必須履行承諾，在減少貧窮的同時解決氣候變化問題。二者的聯系是難解難分的。”
該報告引用了聯合國對未來50年中氣候變化對貧窮國家可能帶來影響的預測，報告指出那些比較貧窮的國家將面臨更多的困難，包括愈演愈烈的洪災，不斷衰減的糧食生產，疾病的威脅以及整個生態系統的退化甚至消失，而這卻是世界上許多最窮苦的人們賴以生存的環境。
“氣候的變化現在必須提上日程了。窮人將承受氣候惡化帶來的沖擊。對致力于世界發展的大多數人來說，最直接的經驗告訴我們，這個社會已經不得不與更極端的天氣情況做斗爭了?！?
氣候變化對于農業和水供應將是一場浩劫，還會增加疾病發生率。“到2025年，世界上許多國家都將承受巨大的供水壓力，而生活在這些國家的人口數幾乎將翻倍，上升為60億人。熱帶和亞熱帶地區的情況將是最嚴峻的，那些國家現在已經面臨著食品短缺?！?
對貧窮的社會來說，它們幾乎不需要高科技的解決方案，但是教育、科研以及如何更好地耕作的展示將使它們受益最多。報告稱，尚未得到抑制的全球變暖比戰爭和政變更可怕，它將迫使數百萬人口遷移，動搖很多國家的安定局面。
（中國日報網站譯） |
Updated: 2004-10-21 10:19