"Major disasters like the Japanese earthquake and tsunami or Pakistan's floods are likely to become more frequent, and global governments must prepare for an uncertain future, according to a British report.
Paddy Ashdown, a member of the British House of Lords and ex-United Nations high representative to Bosnia and Herzegovina, said rich nations must help poorer countries to build up their defences against disasters.
Climate change is also expected to reduce crop yields, "sometimes catastrophically," which will also require a change in the way agencies plan to feed those affected."
British Report via CBC News Online. Click on the post title, 'will natural disasters increase?" to link to the source file
This report seems only to confirm our opinion that we must both love the earth and regard the world as a human body. What happens to one part of the body, necessarily affects the greater whole.
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