The Loud Project You can’t turn on the TV or open the newspaper without hearing about freak storms, record temperatures, prolonged drought, disastrous floods and other wacky weather. Now most scientists, we are told believe these events are related, and they’re caused by changes to the earth’s climate. Whats more, it is believed human activity is driving the changes. These changes are called global warming, climate change or climate chaos.
The first people in the firing line as a result of rising sea levels, reduced rainfall and global food shortages are the worlds poor. Many of them already live in marginal environments - the flood plains of Bangladesh or the grazing lands that fringe the Sahara Desert, to name two. These places will be directly affected by global warming. However indirect effects of global warming will include rising food prices, migration and significant economic change.

Challenege for the day: Consider the impact of Global Warming on the world’s poor