Global Warming - the Final Word

**Richard Littlejohn** · 15-09-2007, 04:28 AM

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I got as far as it said 'continue reading' & knocked it on the head.

That stare a tad disturbing, to say to the least.

**Narachon** · 15-09-2007, 07:26 AM

Desertification, climate change combine to threaten development

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12 September 2007 – The linked scourges of desertification and climate change are impeding the achievement of key development targets, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today.

The “twin threats” of desertification and climate change “pose unrivalled challenges to humanity,” he said in a message to the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in running from 3-14 September in Madrid. “They demand an unprecedented response from all of us.”
Desertification and climate change, which he characterized as “two major manifestations of the same problem,” also are obstacles to reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the series of eight anti-poverty targets, by 2015.
Greenhouse gas emissions from human activities have contributed to global warming, he noted, while shifting weather patterns could potentially aggravate desertification, drought and food security for people living in dry areas, especially in Africa. The Secretary-General said that global warming can also lead to increased poverty, forced migration and vulnerability to conflict in regions impacted by extreme weather events.

**Narachon** · 15-09-2007, 07:37 AM

There is going to be a major,high level, but informal dialogue on climate change that will be scheduled at the UN next week during the General Assembly Debate session, on September 24. This is going to set the stage for the for the upcoming major December Climate summit , the Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change which will meet in Bali, Indonesia. Governments will have a unique opportunity to build common ground to fight climate change.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Announces High-Level Event on Climate Change for September

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"United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced that he will convene an informal high-level event in New York on the margins of the General Assembly on 24 September to promote discussion on possible ways to move the international community toward negotiations on new global agreement on climate change at the upcoming United Nations climate change conference in Bali in December.

The Secretary-General hopes that world leaders will send a powerful political signal to the negotiations in Bali that "business as usual" will not do and that they are ready to work jointly with others towards a comprehensive multilateral framework for action on climate change for the period after 2012.

The Secretary-General informed Permanent Representatives and Permanent Observers to the United Nations of the event, which will be informal and will seek to reaffirm the importance of addressing climate change in a global forum and provide an opportunity to involve all countries in the multilateral process. The high-level event would not seek to engage Governments in negotiations on the outcomes in Bali nor seek a negotiated outcome.

The Secretary-General has repeatedly stated that climate change is a major global challenge and he intends to take a leadership role in helping the international community address the problem. As the only global forum, the United Nations is uniquely positioned to forge a common approach to combating climate change. He has stated that all countries are experiencing it, all countries are becoming more conscious of the need to address this issue and the time for action is now. "

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