European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 12, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Pages stars and stripes thursday april 12 2007 in the world climate report forecasts asian food shortages by Michael Casey the associated press Bangkok Thailand Cli mate change May Lead to severe food and water shortages for an extra 130 million people across Asia by 2050 unless International action is urgently taken according to a report released tuesday according to the intergovernmental panel on climate change Asia will be hit hard As the worlds climate changes in the coming decades including threats that Are too alarming to said Achim Steiner executive director of the United nations environment pro Gram unchecked climate change will be an environmental and economic catastrophe but above All it will be a human Trage said Steiner in a statement it is absolutely vital that International action is taken now to avoid dangerous climate droughts and flooding will Likely increase in Australia and new zealand by 2030 according to the report and ecologically Rich Sites like the great Barrier reef and Subantarctic islands Are also under threat a summary of the full document written and reviewed by 441 Picc scientists was released last Friday the report suggests a de Gree fahrenheit increase in air temperatures could decrease rained Rice yields by 5 percent to 12 percent in China in Bangladesh Rice production May fall by 10 percent and wheat by 30 percent by 2050 it said water shortages will also be come More common in India As the Himalayan glaciers decline nearly 100 million people in Asia will face the risk of floods from seas expected to Rise be tween inches to inches annually slightly higher than the global average rising temperatures Accord ing the report will Lead to a loss of a Quarter of Alpine ice mass in new zealand drops in agriculture production in Southern and Eastern Australia and Eastern new zealand As Well As the spread of tropical diseases such As Dengue fever the report called for adaptive measures including limiting new building along threatened coast lines building corridors to allow threatened species to Migrate and improving water conservation sustainable development poli cies with climate change in mind should be put into common prac Tice it said and Public food distribution networks disaster preparedness and health care sys tems should be improved to re Duce the vulnerability of develop ing countries says n Korea time running out by Foster Klug the associated press Pyongyang North Korea North Korea is running out of time to Start dismantling its nuclear weapons program before a weekend deadline a top White House adviser told North korean officials tuesday during a rare visit to Pyongyang meanwhile officials asserted they had re solved a separate financial dispute that has stymied Progress in the arms talks but it was unclear How the North would respond the Treasury department said authorities in the chinese administered Region of Macau were pre pared to unblock Frozen funds that North Korea says Are the reason it has refused to move Forward on a feb 13 disarmament agreement the state department said the malanese monetary authority issued a statement saying the Money in the Frozen North korean Banco Delta Asia accounts has been and can be with drawn by the authorized account top nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill expressed Hope the move would allow North Korea to meet saturdays deadline to halt work at its main nuclear reactor its obviously a big step that i think should Clear the Way for the North to step up the process of Deal ing with its obligations within the 60day Hill said referring to the deadline set in the agree ment weve reacted positively to it and i Hope North Korea will also react positively to South Korea top nuclear envoy Chun Youngwood speaking alongside Hill after the two met said the hold on the North korean accounts in the Macau Bank would be lifted wednesday morn ing 2 killed 8 injured in copter crash in Japan 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