The UN's top climate change official says time is running out in the fight against global warming.
Speaking at a climate conference in Ghana, Yvo de Boer said warned that industrialised countries need to reach agreement on the rules to cut greenhouse gas emissions. The head of UN Framework Convention on Climate Change made the remarks to more than 1,600 delegates from 160 countries attending the latest round of UN climate change talks in Accra. Ghana's President John Kufuor echoed the sense of urgency in his opening remarks, noting that his country was already suffering the consequences of global warming. The Group of Eight industrialised powers have pledged Zimbabwe talks set to begin in Pretoria ...
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(Deutsche Welle)
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