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Poor need more than hot air from Copenhagen

This content was published on Dec 8, 2009 Already vulnerable to changes in weather patterns, Bangladesh’s population of 160 million, many of whom are among the poorest in the world, are responsible for a scant amount of the world’s carbon emissions. The South Asian country contributes 0.3 tons of carbon dioxide per capita annually. In the United States, it’s 22 tons. In Switzerland…