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Sep 12th 2008
From Economist.com

Poor countries are hit hardest by global warming


NEW evidence suggests that global warming is progressing faster than previously thought, and it is affecting the world's poor disproportionately. Those poorest, a billion people in 100 countries, are hit hardest by flooding, drought and the spread of disease. They are also paying for the sins of their neighbours—their carbon emissions are tiny compared with those of rich countries over 50 years. Coping with climate change will cost poor countries tens of billions of dollars a year by most reckonings. But so far a meagre $300m in aid has been pledged and it is likely that poor countries may have to take most of the burden themselves.