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  3. Global warming is causing more than 300,000 deaths and about $125 billion in economic losses each year, according to a report by

Global warming is causing more than 300,000 deaths and about $125 billion in economic losses each year, according to a report by

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问题     Global warming is causing more than 300,000 deaths and about $125 billion in economic losses each year, according to a report by the Global Humanitarian Forum, an organization led by Kofi Annan, the former United Nations secretary general.
    The report, to be released Friday, analyzed data and existing studies of health, disaster, population and economic trends. It found that human-influenced climate change was raising the global death rates from illnesses including malnutrition (营养不良) and heat-related health problems.
    But even before its release, the report drew criticism from some experts on climate and risk, who questioned its methods and conclusions.
    Along with the deaths, the report said that the lives of 325 million people, primarily in poor countries, were being seriously affected by climate change. It projected that the number would double by 2030.
    Roger Pielke Jr., a political scientist at the University of Colorado, Boulder, who studies disaster trends, said the Forum’s report was “a methodological embarrassment” because there was no way to distinguish deaths or economic losses related to human-driven global warming amid the much larger losses resulting from the growth in populations and economic development in vulnerable (易受伤害的) regions. Dr. Pielke said that “climate change is an important problem requiring our utmost attention.” But the report, he said, “will harm the cause for action on both climate change and disasters because it is so deeply flawed (有瑕疵的).”
    However, Soren Andreasen, a social scientist at Dalberg Global Development Partners who supervised the writing of the report, defended it, saying that it was clear that the numbers were rough estimates. He said the report was aimed at world leaders, who will meet in Copenhagen in December to negotiate a new international climate treaty.
    In a press release describing the report, Mr. Annan stressed the need for the negotiations to focus on increasing the flow of money from rich to poor regions to help reduce their vulnerability to climate hazards while still curbing the emissions of the heat-trapping gases. More than 90% of the human and economic losses from climate change are occurring in poor countries, according to the report.
What is the finding of the Global Humanitarian Forum?
选项 A、Rates of death from illnesses have risen due to global warming.
B、Global temperatures affect the rate of economic development.
C、Malnutrition has caused serious health problems in poor countries.
D、Economic trends have to do with population and natural disasters.
答案A
解析 题干中的the Global Humanitarian Forum出现在首段，而第2段是对其报告结果的进一步解释，故将本题出处定位于前两段。第2段末句中的It指The report，即a report by the Global Humanitarian Forum。该句提到，该报告发现，人类影响带来的气候变化导致全球因营养不良等疾病而死亡的比率提高。A)是对该句的同义转述，global warming对应climate change。该报告指出全球变暖造成了巨大的经济损失，但这并不意味着全球温度影响经济发展的速度，故排除B)。该报告研究的是全球变暖与营养不良等疾病的关系，而不是营养不良与健康的关系，故排除C)。文中指出报告分析了现有的对健康、灾害、人口和经济趋势的研究然后得出结论，D)选项是对他们之间的关系的胡乱联系。
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