Image by Tomás Rotger via FlickrMORE refugees will knock on Australia's door unless rich countries help poorer nations cope with climate change, a key UN scientist has warned.
Professor Martin Parry - a prominent UK scientist who chaired the last United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessment of the impact of climate change - said wealthy countries such as Australia had “good, selfish reasons” to spend money helping the developing world adapt to global warming.
He said climate change assistance to the developing world was tipped to reach $50 billion a year by 2020 - double the amount of other types of foreign aid.
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