[RED DEMOCRATICA] Annan: "Bold leadership" is needed to address climate change

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | Syrian peace talks stall over aid, transfer of power Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   January 27, 2014 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story Annan: "Bold leadership" is needed to address climate change Action must be taken now against the impact of climate change on the world's population, writes Kofi Annan, chairman of The Elders and former United Nations secretary-general. Everyone from the United Nations on down to citizens should pitch in to create a carbon-neutral world, he argues. 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