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    Lin spoke in Istanbul, host city of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund meetings this year, at the presentation of the World Bank's new development report for 2010 entitled "Development and Climate Change." "Climate change is an urgent issue and the needs are enormous and we are waiting and hoping to see an international agreement in Copenhagen" Lin said, referring to UN-sponsored talks in December aimed at curbing global warming. Full Article at ddi News
    Climate change is an urgent issue and the needs are enormous and we are waiting and hoping to see an international agreement in Copenhagen
    – Justin Lin SOURCE: ddi News 1 month ago
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Climate change hits poor countries hardest: World Bank
  1. The damage of climate change, about 75 to 80 percent, will be suffered by developing countries although they only contribute about one third of greenhouse gases
    SOURCE: ddi News 1 month ago

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