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From the article:

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | UN to talk on climate adaptation

There is an 'urgent need' to help developing countries adapt to impacts of climate change, UK Climate Change Minister Ian Pearson has said.

Nations were experiencing environmental changes as a result of greenhouse gases already in the atmosphere, he told MPs.

He said he was hopeful that an action plan and funding would be agreed at a climate summit in Africa next month.

Yet another summit...

I always find the discussion of workarounds worrying. While it is important that the first world countries help those that are likely to feel the results of global warming the most, I can't help but think that ultimately this will be the sum total effort to stem the likely environmental catastrophe.