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United Nations: Governments fail to tackle drought effects
Governments worldwide are failing to do enough to tackle drought, which lacks the headline-making punch of a hurricane but can have an equally devastating human and economic impact, the UN weather agency warned Thursday. “A flood or hurricane is over within hours or days. A drought can last weeks, months,…
Greenhouse gases rose to record levels in 2011: UN
The volume of greenhouse gases causing global warming rose to a new high last year, the UN World Meteorological Organization said Tuesday, warning it is becoming increasingly unlikely the world can limit rising temperatures to UN-backed targets. Levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) — the single most important man-made contributor to…
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