介绍必须着手预防气候灾难

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　　联合国：必须着手预防气候灾难
        　　
        　　SCIENTISTS WARN WORLD MUST ADAPT TO CLIMATE CHANEThe world must begin to adapt to the effects of climate change urgently or face a bill of many billions of dollars and a heavy toll in human suffering within a few decades, leading climate scientists warned yesterday.
        　　
        　　They said actions to adapt to climate change, such as sea defences and new forms of agriculture, must take priority over efforts to reduce greenhouse gases, which would take years to have any impact.
        　　
        　　Climate change could lead to 50m people becoming refugees as soon as 2010, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said. Adapting to climate change would cost at least 5 to 10 per cent of gross domestic product in Africa.
        　　
        　　全世界必须立即着手适应气候变化，否则，不出几十年，人类将面临数十亿美元损失并遭受巨大的苦难，主要气候学家昨天警告说。
        　　
        　　他们表示，必须首先采取行动适应气候变化，如防御海洋灾难，采用新的农业形式，然后采取措施减少温室气体。减少温室气体的措施需要多年才能见成效。
        　　
        　　联合国政府间气候变化委员会表示，气候变化可能导致2010年就有5000万人成为难民。在非洲，适应气候变化的成本将至少是国内生产总值的5%到10%。