Center for International Forestry Research Director-General, Frances Seymour, reports that deforestation and land degradation have worsened climate change effects in regions like Somalia, making it more difficult for the people and the land to adapt.

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/09/deforestation-making-somalia-famine-worse.php
http://www.cifor.org/fileadmin/fileupload/media-release/12Sep_Horn_of_Africa.pdf

Stating that urgent measures are needed to save the Black Sea from the combined effects of pollution, climate change and fishing, the European Parliament passes a resolution on September １３, ２０１１ calling for coordinated efforts among coastal states toward long-term and lifesaving sustainability.

http://www.neurope.eu/article/black-sea-risk-becoming-dead-sea
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/en/pressroom/content/20110913IPR26444/html/Black-Sea-call-for-a-
new-strategy-to-sustain-fish-stocks