August 23, 2007
Rockefeller Pledges $70-Million to Combat Effects of Global Warming
The Rockefeller Foundation, in New York, has pledged $70-million to help cities and towns around the world prepare for the potentially damaging effects of climate change.
The five-year Initiative on Climate Change Resilience will seek ways to help people in poor neighborhoods develop ways to confront the potential for increased flooding, severe droughts, the spread of infectious diseases such as malaria and cholera, and other major disruptions.
"While climate change will affect
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