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Action On Climate Change Required To Prevent Harm To Health, Development, Reports Say
"[A] lack of action on climate change and habitat destruction will threaten the progress of developing countries," because environmental sustainability affects "a wide range of social issues," including "health, education, income, gender disparities and energy production, combined with protection of the ecosystem," according to the U.N. Development Programme's (UNDP) Human Development Report 2011, titled, "Sustainability and Equity: a Better Future for All," VOA News reports. The report "argues that if you invest in people's health and schooling, the population will be a better keeper of its environmental resources over the long term," according to the news service (Lewis, 11/8).
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