Ethiopia: Food Security, Population, Climate Change Align


	Ethiopia: Food Security, Population, Climate Change Align

kmcolo

6-25-2008 3:19 PM

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climate change, global warming, food, population, migration, africa, ethiopia

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6-26-2008 6:49 AM

Socratoad

And this, I fear, is just the start.

6-26-2008 11:02 AM

kmcolo

Let's hope this becomes one of those issues where, because of our concern and actions now, the do-nothings of the future can point and say "see, all that talk of doom and gloom yet everything is fine."

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