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Center for Global Development
Senior fellow at the Center for Global Development, based in Washington, and co-author of the upcoming book, Why Forests? Why Now? The Science, Economics and Politics of Tropical Forests and Climate Change
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Frances Seymour
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FROM Frances Seymour
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When Progress on Climate Change Still Spells Disaster The scientific consensus is that global warming is already changing the world as we've come to know it. In preparation for November's climate change summit in Paris, the US, China and other major polluters are establishing goals for reductions in Greenhouse emissions. But authorities say such goals won't be enough to prevent the ravages of global warming.
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