[RED DEMOCRATICA] WHO's climate change and health conference to focus on solutions

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | UN panel: Both sides in Syrian conflict guilty of war crimes Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   August 27, 2014 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story WHO's climate change and health conference to focus on solutions The World Health Organization today opens a conference on health and climate change. "The evidence is overwhelming: Climate change endangers human health," says Dr. Margaret Chan, WHO director-general. "Solutions exist, and we need to act decisively to change this trajectory." Responding to Climate Change (U.K.) (8/27) Share:  Above the Fold UN panel: Both sides in Syrian conflict guilty of war crimes How can Latin America resume income-equality progress? 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