Factoid/2008/06/13
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Human Survival Should Trump Economic Growth
- "No, it's not an issue of economic growth, it's an issue of human survival." - quote from President Anote Tong of the low lying Pacific islands nation of Kiribati, which is slowly becoming uninhabitable due to the effects from global warming; quote was in reference to some nations' claims that measures to combat climate change would hurt their countries' economic development. Quote from this Agence France-Presse article.
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