Rockefeller mitigates global warming damage

Sure there is lots of talk about how we can reduce our contribution to global climate change. There is even coverage about how difficult things will be for people who are fortunate enough to own vacation homes on the beach. But many of the people most impacted are so poor that they can't see the media coverage of their plight and won't understand that they are suffering at the hands of a global event.

In recognition of this, Rockefeller Foundation has announced a $70 million program for needy farmers and cities in Asia and Africa. This isn't just development in coastal zones. As the Times reports:

The latest report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concluded that changes in rainfall and temperatures could deplete farm yields in some African countries 50 percent by 2020.