"One very simple truth about Global Warming is this; that it will spare nobody, however rich, mighty and powerful we think we are. … Mister Tony Blair, the Prime Minister of the UK once said that without proper action now, the average global temperatures would rise by 2 degrees Celsius. Scientists estimate that the subsequent rise in the sea level would be enough to swamp a large proportion of Bangladesh in 30/40 years time. It would be a serious catastrophe for my country and for the whole region if much of the land in Bangladesh disappears under the sea. I become frightened to think that my grand children (when I touch them) will have no place to live on this planet earth. I really want to be sure that my grandchildren, and their children after them, will be able to enjoy the beauty of my country that I have enjoyed, and be able to have enough land to live, and enough land for food."
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Michael S. Baroi, Anglican Bishop of Bangladesh, quoted in, Bishop of London to Lead Climate Change Service (November 3, 2006)
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