Poverty, global warming cited as threats
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DAVOS, Switzerland -- Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain and President Jacques Chirac of France urged political and economic leaders yesterday to take drastic action against poverty and global warming as the World Economic Forum began its annual meeting here.
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The leaders of France and Brazil on Monday warned that poverty leads to violence and urged the international community to find ways to narrow the gap between rich and poor, casting a spotlight on the more than 1 billion people living on less than &#36;1 per day.
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Despite some progress, the government's climate change research program is threatened by satellite and other cutbacks, a study says.
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In response to growing concerns over the planet's future, scientists are proposing some radical ideas to combat global warming.
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Rich nations must do far more to help poor countries cope with climate change, an influential report will say.
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By Sun Xiaohua  Experts have urged the government to make climate change an integral part of its development planning in order to address the problem global warming.
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The Earth's climate is out of balance and warming as a result of human activities, a leading scientific society warns.
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Rich nations are setting a bad example to the developing world by failing to cut emissions of heat-trapping gases under a landmark U.N. plan to curb global warning, the United Nations climate change chief said.
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Dramatic rises in international food prices are threatening millions of people in poor countries, the UN warns.
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The world's poor, who are the least responsible for global warming, will suffer the most from the effects of climate change, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told global environment ministers on Monday.
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Climate change could have global security implications on a par with nuclear war unless urgent action is taken, a report said on Wednesday.
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The European Environment Agency reported global climate change, including frequent floods, droughts and heat waves, are severe and will continue to worsen.
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Climate change and aid to Africa are top issues for leaders of industrialized nations.
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Many efforts to curb climate change pay little attention to conservation or the world's poor, a think-tank warns.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 7 -- Despite an intensified campaign against poverty, World Bank programs have failed to lift incomes in many poor countries over the past decade, leaving tens of millions of people suffering stagnating and even declining living standards, according to a report released Thursday by...
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Worries about government actions to cool economic growth reverberate around the globe.
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DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 24 (IPS) - The high-profile Davos meeting of the international  political, business, economic and  academic elite began Wednesday  on the sombre note that globalisation is facing major  threats  due to worsening climate change, growing income disparities,  escalating barriers to  movement of people, and global political  and economic instability.