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Effects of climate change. Climate change affects us all – but those hit first and hardest are people living in poverty. Already, 150,000 people die each.

Apr 01, 2015

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Page 1: Effects of climate change. Climate change affects us all – but those hit first and hardest are people living in poverty. Already, 150,000 people die each.

Effects of climate change

Page 2: Effects of climate change. Climate change affects us all – but those hit first and hardest are people living in poverty. Already, 150,000 people die each.

Climate change affects us all – but those hit first and hardest

are people living in poverty. Already, 150,000 people die each year

from the effects of climate change, almost all in developing countries.

Nature 438, 310-317, 17 November 2005

Page 3: Effects of climate change. Climate change affects us all – but those hit first and hardest are people living in poverty. Already, 150,000 people die each.
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Climate change is an issue of justice. While the rich world consumes

far more of the Earth’s resources, poor communities bear the brunt

of extreme weather.

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Climate change threatens to reverse

any progress towards ending poverty.

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You are all one in Christ JesusGalatians 3:28

Jesus commands us to love our neighbours

Mark 12:31

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Closing our eyes to our neighbours also blinds us from God.

Pope Benedict XVI