Poor are already paying the costs of adapting to climate shifts - expert

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"The poor are not waiting for these crazy governments, in the real world, they are already contributing. They are paying with their own lives, their own resources, their own efforts. They cannot wait. It is not a question of choice," said Atiq Rahman, executive director of the Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies speaking in Cancun, reports Laurie Goering for AlertNet.

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