World Bank fears devastating 4.0 degree warming
- Published: 19 Nov 2012 at 07.47
- Online news: World
The World Bank warned that global temperatures could rise by four degrees this century without immediate action, with potentially devastating consequences for coastal cities and the poor.
The smoke stacks at American Electric Power's Mountaineer coal power plant in New Haven, West Virginia. The World Bank has warned that global temperatures could rise by four degrees this century without immediate action, with potentially devastating consequences for coastal cities and the poor.
Issuing a call for action, the World Bank tied the future wealth of the planet -- and especially developing regions -- to immediate efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions from sources such as energy production.
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