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While world leaders look for ways to supply a promised $100 billion a year by 2020 to help poorer nations curb their emissions and adapt to climate change, “the poor are already paying the costs with their labour and their time,” said Atiq Rahman, executive director of the Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies. Two articles highlight serious negative impacts of climate change: on farmers and farmworkers who harvest coffee in Central America, and farmworkers in Nepal.

While world leaders look for ways to supply a promised $100 billion a year by 2020 to help poorer nations curb their emissions and adapt to climate change, “the poor are already paying the costs with their labour and their time,” said Atiq Rahman, executive director of the Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies. Two articles highlight serious negative impacts of climate change: on farmers and farmworkers who harvest coffee in Central America, and farmworkers in Nepal.

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