Globalwarmingthreatenstoholdbackhumanprogress,andmakeunachievableallUNtargetstoreducepoverty,accordingtosomeoftheworld’sleadinginternationalanddevelopmentgroups.Inareportpublishedtoday,Oxfam,Greenpeace,Christ
Globalwarmingthreatenstoholdbackhumanprogress,andmakeunachievableallUNtargetstoreducepoverty,accordingtosomeoftheworld’sleadinginternationalanddevelopmentgroups.
Inareportpublishedtoday,Oxfam,Greenpeace,ChristianAid,FriendsoftheEarth,WWFand15othergroupssayrichgovernmentsmustimmediatelyaddressclimatechangetoavoideven“unbearablelevels”ofworldwidepoverty.
“Foodproduction,watersupplies,publichealthandpeople’slivingenvironmentarealreadybeingdamaged,”thereportsays.“Theworldmustmeetitspromisetoachievepovertyreductionandalsodealwithclimatechange.”
Thereport,whichdrawsonUNpredictionsoftheeffectsofclimatechangeinpoorcountriesoverthenext50years,sayspoorcountrieswillexperiencemoreflooding,decliningfoodproduction,morediseaseandtheworseningordisappearingofentireecosystems(生态系统)onwhichmanyoftheworld’spoorestpeopledepend.
“Climatechangeneedstobeaddressednow.Thepoorwillbeartheburdenofit.Thefrontlineexperienceofmanyofusworkingininternationaldevelopmentindicatesthatcommunitiesarehavingtofightagainstmoreextremeweatherconditions.”
Climatechangewillplayhavoc(浩劫)withagricultureandwatersuppliesandwillincreasediseases.“By2025theproportionoftheworld’spopulationlivingincountriesofgreatwaterstresswillalmostdouble,to6billionpeople.Tropicalandsub-tropicalareaswillbehardesthit—thosecountriesalreadysufferingfromfoodshortage”.
Poorcountriesmostlydonotneedhigh-techsolutions,butwouldmostbenefitfromeducation,researchandbeingshownhowtofarmbetter.Thereportsaysuncheckedglobalwarming,morethanwarsorpoliticalconfusion,willdisplacemillionsofpeopleanddestabilize(不安定)manycountries.
9.________shouldplayaleadingroleinresistingthemoreextremeweatherconditionsaccordingtothereport.
A.Internationalgroups B.Poorcountries
C.Richcountries D.Tropicalandsub-tropicalcountries
10.Whichofthefollowingisnottheeffectofglobalwarmi