War and Climate Change

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Subject: Re: climate change experiences and challenges

IMF Deputy Managing Director: Climate Change Poses Serious
Macroeconomic Challenges for Low-Income Countries
Climate change poses "particularly serious macroeconomic, fiscal, and
financial challenges for low-income countries," said Takatoshi Kato,
Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) at
the Fourth Tokyo International Conference on African Development
(TICAD IV), which conve...
Date: Jun-04-2008
Contributed by: Immaculate Bugingo

On 5/17/08, pradeep mohapatra <udyama.pradeep@gmail.com> wrote:
> thanks for your reflection ,
> best.
>
>
> On 5/14/08, Nitya Jacob <nitya.jacob@un.org.in> wrote:
> > Isnt it ironic they call for resolving the water crisis given the amount of
> > water Pepsi and Coke use for bottling their drinks and bottled water. Making
> > those bottles and chilling them for customers adds to global warming. The
> > bottles then fill up garbage dumps adding to civic problems and also global
> > warming.
> >
> > We may enjoy the soft drinks of these industries, but they should carry
> > warnings just like cigarettes do. If Mother Dairy and Amul can see a market
> > in packaging lassi and buttermilk, what's to stop these people from doing.
> >
> > On climate change, it's a reality but its effects are not being understood.
> > We need flexibility to understand and adapt to the effects of climate, the
> > most notable is erratic rainfall. A better system of predicting rain can
> > help farmers manage their crops better and others to harvest rainwater more
> > effectively. Unfortunately we are nowhere close to having an effective
> > system in India, while websites give better weather predictions, at least
> > for cities.
> >
> > Nitya Jacob
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Nooyi, Gulabchand call for G8 focus on water crisis
> > CEOs of 19 corporations, including Indra K Nooyi of PepsiCo and Ajit
> > Gulabchand of Hindustan Construction Company, have called upon the
> > leaders of G8 countries to take urgent action on the emerging global
> > crisis in water and sanitation.
> >
> > +Read More
> >
> >
> > On 5/9/08, pradeep mohapatra <udyama.pradeep@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Asian bank in food crisis warning
> > > The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has warned that the crisis of rising
> > > food prices could reverse gains made in reducing poverty across the
> > > continent.
> > > --
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