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Climate Refugees
• 10 meter rise affects 63 million Indians and 62 m Bangladeshis
1 meter sea level rise generally predicted if no action is taken about global warming will inundate more than 15 percent of Bangladesh, displacing more than 13 million people and cut into the crucial rice crop. Sea Level Risks - Bangladesh
• India building a wall between
Bangladesh. 4000 km concrete and barbed wire fence due to be completed next year.
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India
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/06/20/fortress_india?page=0,2
Bangladesh
India
Myanmar
60 80
0 1 2 3 5 8 12 20 35 Height Above Sea Level (m)
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