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Climate change soon to cause mass movement, World Bank warns

Climate change will result in a massive movement of people inside countries and across borders, creating “hotspots” where tens of millions pour into already crowded slums, according to the World Bank. More than 140 million people in just three regions of the developing world are likely to migrate within their native countries

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Continuing Momentum for Putting a Price on Carbon Pollution

STORY HIGHLIGHTS Revenues from emissions trading schemes and carbon taxes rose by 60 percent in 2015 13 percent of greenhouse gas emissions now covered by carbon pricing initiatives Charging for emissions seen as important way for countries to deliver on the promises they made last December at the COP21 in Paris The 2015 year

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