Global warming/climate change is THE crisis of our century that we will have to either face or suffer the consequences of, and for many those consequences are already apparent. This is one reason why I believe Al Gore has a very good chance of winning the Nobel Peace Prize next month. And in doing so he would then have a greater platform to continue his work in bringing education and the tools necessary to fight it and where necessary adapt to it to places such as Bangladesh. That is why when he stated last September that his Climate Project training was going to South America, India, and Africa I was very happy as Asia, Africa, and South America are feeling the brunt of this especially due to drought and glacier melt. And if the winner of last year's peace prize is also talking about this it is a given that it is also very important to the Nobel Committee.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070913/wl_sthasia_afp/skoreabangladeshclimatewarmingyunusThu Sep 13, 6:48 AM ET
SEOUL (AFP) - The 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus called for a worldwide lifestyle change, saying global warming is "a matter of life and death" for low-lying nations like his own country Bangladesh.
In a keynote speech to a symposium on climate change, Yunus suggested a "traffic rule" under which products bear red, yellow or green markings to indicate the extent to which they come from renewable sources.
Yunus, honoured for his creation of the Grameen Bank which grants microcredit to the poor, said his country is bearing the brunt of climate change, with 40 percent of its land mass less than one metre (3.3 feet) above sea level.
Sea levels are rising an average three millimetres a year, he said, and Bangladesh's 150 million people are already confined to living on around 144,000 square kilometres (55,598 square miles).
"Floods and Bangladesh are becoming synonymous," Yunus said, adding that their frequency and intensity are increasing year by year.
"For many people around the world this is an issue of concern but for us it's an issue of life and death."
He called for global lifestyle changes to make the world a better place.
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