Climate Change Kills 21,000 People

The report, issued at the time that coincided with the start of international talks to tackle climate change in Cancun, Mexico, called the flooding in Pakistan, fires and heat waves in Russia, and increasing sea levels in Tuvalu in the Pacific island countries as an example of the consequences off from climate change.

New round of UN climate talks that will approve a series of limited issue that divides the economies of rich and poor, especially in funding, tropical rain forest preservation, and preparation for a warming world. The talks will also seek to set targets to curb greenhouse gas emissions.

Climate talks in Copenhagen last year ended with a non-binding global treaty, and hope-haraan in talks this year low. U.S. lawmakers can not possibly be considering legislation to create a system of "cap-and-trade" to curb global warming emissions.

Oxfam suggested the report as evidence that quick action is needed to mitigate and adapt to climate change. "Countries should identify new ways to collect billions of dollars are needed, such as collect taxes from international aviation and shipping emissions are not regulated and agree on the Financial Transaction Tax in the banks. The sooner the money is sent, it is cheaper to tackle climate change , "said Tim Gore, author of the report, in a statement.

The events in 2010 in line with expectations detailed in a 2007 report by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which says more severe heat waves, forest fires, floods and rising sea level is possible.

Oxfam said the floods in Pakistan has submerged about one-fifth of the country, killing 2,000 people and affecting 20 million people, spreading disease and destroying homes, crops, roads and schools, with damage amounting to approximately 9.7 billion U.S. dollars.

In Russia, Oxfam said the air temperature exceeded the long-term average by 14 degrees Fahrenheit (7.8 degrees Celsius) in July and August, and daily mortality in Moscow doubled to 700. Approximately 26,000 forest fires destroyed 26 percent of wheat crops, prompting a ban on exports.

Citizens of Tuvalu, located lowlands, where the sea rose by about 0.2 inches (5 to 6 mm) each year, proved difficult to improve staple crops because salt water seeping into the fields of agriculture, says Oxfam. As a result, they are relying on imported-food cuisine that has been processed, according to the report.

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