The third world will experience the worst effects of climate change

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But it’s the Third World that will experience the worst effects of climate change. Experts predict that precipitation will move away from the equator, helping Alaska become an agricultural paradise while already drought-prone regions become deserts.

Africa, an at-risk continent, produced only 3 percent of the world’s current carbon emissions. But violent storms and long droughts will devastate African agriculture. Building construction and energy consumption create a large carbon footprint. To ease climate change, the West must combine green building with a wide-scale humanitarian effort.

…New technologies can help the globe's poorest countries rebuild after natural disasters and resist future damage. New technologies can help the globe's poorest countries rebuild after natural disasters and resist future damage…

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