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Climate and Poverty Earth Day Sunday Resource
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Smith Sara
Global climatechange is fundamentally altering God’s
Creation.
Bird and fish migration patterns are changing, permafrost is
melting, and coastal wetlands are disappearing as a result of sea level rise.
The Intergovernmental Panel on...
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Global climatechange is fundamentally altering God’s
Creation.
Bird and fish migration patterns are changing, permafrost is
melting, and coastal wetlands are disappearing as a result of sea level rise.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimates that
20-30 percent of plant and animal species are at risk for extinction and that
acidification of the oceans will fundamentally change marine life.
Overall,
global climate change is predicted to bring increases in flooding, severe storm
events, and drought.
And, the expected toll on human society is staggering.
The additional
number of people affected by malnutrition could rise to 600 million by 2080.
An additional 1.
8 billion people could be living in a water scarce environment
by 2080.
And, an additional 220-400 million people could be exposed to
malaria.
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Although global climate change affects all human populations across the
globe, it hits those living in poverty the hardest because they depend on the
surroundi
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