Earth Equity News

U.N. Report: 400 Million People in Coastal Cities Could be Displaced.By Megan Rowling, Reuters, October 29, 2008. "There's no shortage of researchers lining up to tell us that climate change poses a big threat to coastal cities and their populations -- from Dhaka to New Orleans to Mombasa. At the recent launch of the U.N.'s State of the World's Cities 2008/2009 report, lead author Eduardo Lopez Moreno noted that 3,351 of the world's cities are located in what's known as the 'low elevation coastal zone' -- less than 10 metres above sea level. 'In case there is an increase in sea level, there will be a displaced population of more or less 400 million people,' he told reporters."