Global warming could create 'greater migratory pressure from Africa'
by Larry Elliott in Washington DC from Economics | The Guardian on (#4CZ89)
David Attenborough uses IMF speech to warn of human consequences of inaction on climate change
Europe can expect even greater migratory pressure from Africa unless action is taken to prevent global warming, Sir David Attenborough has said in a strongly worded warning to policymakers that time is running out to save the natural world from extinction.
Speaking at the spring meeting of the International Monetary Fund in Washington DC, the broadcaster and environmentalist said that on current trends parts of the world would soon become uninhabitable and populations would be be forced to move.
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