Water crisis looms for Asia, ADB

Mismanagement of water resources in the face of climate change, rapid industrialization and growing populations have left many developing Asian countries facing looming water crises within a decade, the Asian Development Bank reported Thursday. The crises could trigger mass health and social issues costing billions of dollars a year, the ADB warned. Reuters

Global warming to hit poor countries hard

Global warming to hit poor countries hard
Climate change-related disasters will deprive millions of children in developing countries of basic food and education facilities unless richer countries step in with some $86 billion in funding by 2015, says a new report commissioned by the United Nations Development Program. Failure to provide the necessary funding, the report [...]