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Global warming could worsen poverty: report
World Bank says sharp temperature rises would cut crop yields, water supplies
Published Mon, Nov 24, 2014 · 09:50 PM
Washington
CLIMATE change could undermine efforts to defeat extreme poverty around the globe, the World Bank warned Sunday.
In a new report on the impact of global warming, the bank said sharp temperature rises would cut deeply into crop yields and water supplies in many areas and possibly set back efforts to bring populations out of poverty.
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