The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently released conclusive evidence that global warming is indeed happening primarily as a result of the atmosphere being "overweight" with greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide.

Global warming is caused by the build up of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere from human activity, primarily the burning of fossil fuels to provide the energy and services we use every day.

We burn fossil fuels for electricity (from coal and gas) in our homes and businesses, our cars, flights and to create the food, clothes and other things we buy and consume every day. more...

Grinding poverty remains the reality for one fifth of the world’s people. 1.3 billion subsist on less than one dollar a day: "You know, the change in our pockets is what people will survive on." (Susan Davis, Chair Grameen Foundation USA)

Nearly thirty thousand children under the age of five die each day from poverty-related causes, and poverty gives rise to so many other human tragedies: malnutrition, lack of healthcare, environmental devastation, and the spread of HIV-AIDS.

The struggle against global poverty can seem daunting – even overwhelming. But there's a new way, and new hope. It is leading a movement that has already helped millions break through to a better life. more...

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