[RED DEMOCRATICA] "Collective leadership" key to UN climate summit

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | Ban Ki-moon calls for Middle East to meet on banning nuclear weapons Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   August 15, 2014 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story "Collective leadership" key to UN climate summit The United Nations will hold a climate change meeting next month in New York City, drawing delegates from around the globe. Enele Sopoaga, prime minister of the island nation of Tuvalu and a co-chairman of the summit, plans to address the issue of climate change as a force similar to a "weapon of mass destruction." Separately, India's new prime minister, Narendra Modi, will not be attending. ABC (Australia) (8/15), The Economic Times (India) (8/14), Yes! 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