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Release Most of the action to address climate change will need
to take place in developing countries, but developed countries
should shoulder much of the cost, said OECD Secretary-General
Angel Gurría today in a speech at the United Nations Climate
Conference in Bali. The impact of climate change and urban
development could more than triple the number of people around
the world exposed to coastal flooding by 2070, according to a
new report by the OECD, co-authored by experts from academia and
the private sector. In Russia 47 million people are exposed to
high concentrations of nitrous dioxide. Half the population in
rural Tajikistan, and one-third in Moldova, lack access to clean
water. Leaded petrol is sold legally in Tajikistan and
Turkmenistan. Many regions in the Alps had the warmest November
on record, delaying the arrival of snow by several weeks and
worrying ski operators. As the first flurries are coating Alpine
slopes, questions arise: was thi