My son and are in Durban, South Africa attending the U.N. climate conference (COP17). The themes of poverty and inequality are front and center this year. If you are interested, you can follow our blog posts at: http://moraviancollegeatunfccc.blogspot.com/
We are being kept very busy, so we post as we can.
The first night here, there were extremely severe storms and flooding. The disparate impact of extreme weather events on the poor is described here.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1111/S00811/floods-destruction-and-despair-in-the-shacks.htm
Diane W. Husic, Ph.D.
Chair and Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Blog the Issues
Follow along and join in the dialogues, discussions, and experiences of students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends of Moravian College, Moravian Theological Seminary and the Comenius Center throughout the 2011-12 POVERTY & INEQUALITY | IN FOCUS thematic year.
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