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Bangladesh wants money, not more talks on climate changeDhaka (AFP) Nov 30, 2010 The terrible human cost of cyclones and flooding are plain to see in southwest Bangladesh, a low-lying, impoverished region on the frontline of the battle to adapt to climate change. Cyclone Aila, which hit in May last year, killed 300 people, washed away the embankments which make coastal regions habitable, and left 150,000 survivors reliant on emergency relief supplies including free rice. Aila was particularly destructive as a huge volume of water, swollen by spring tides, slammed into a dens ... read more |
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