[RED DEMOCRATICA] UNEP official: Only a "fundamentally different" approach will curb climate change

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | UN official: Asia-Pacific will benefit from sustainable development Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   October 3, 2014 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story UNEP official: Only a "fundamentally different" approach will curb climate change Countries need to pursue a "complete transformation" of their approaches to climate change, says Kaveh Zahedi, regional director and representative for Asia and the Pacific at the United Nations Environment Programme. "It's (an approach) where the energy we use will not cause the emission of greenhouse gases but also ... emit less methane that is affecting our crops, (and) emit less black carbon that is affecting the health of our people," Zahedi argues. 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