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UN chief Kofi Annan has criticised a “frightening lack of leadership” in tackling global warming, at a major UN climate summit in Nairobi.
Mr Annan told delegates the phenomenon was as grave a threat as conflict, poverty and the spread of weapons.
Mr Annan told delegates the phenomenon was as grave a threat as conflict, poverty and the spread of weapons.
He said sceptics were “out of step, out of arguments and out of time”.
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“It is increasingly clear that it will cost far less to cut emissions now than to deal with the consequences later,” he told the 189-nation meeting in Kenya’s capital.
The UN chief said climate change was also a threat to peace and security.
“Changing patterns of rainfall, for example, can heighten competition for resources, setting in motion potentially destabilising tensions and migrations…
“There is evidence that some of this is already occurring; more could well be in the offing.”
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UN chief issues climate warning
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