2008Apr7: World Health Organization’s (WHO) Director-General Margaret Chan on how climate change will affect developing countries: “For example, just 12 years from now in 2020, crop yields in parts of Africa are expected to drop by half. As another example, women and young girls in parts of Asia currently spend from six to nine hours collecting water. Climate change is adding an additional set of stresses in areas that are already fragile with marginal livelihoods and thin margins of survival” (VOA, 2008).
Reference: VOA. 2008. http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-04-07-voa48.cfm
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