[RED DEMOCRATICA] Ban: "Leaders must act" on climate report

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | UN official says sanctions for Burkina Faso possible Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   November 3, 2014 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story Ban: "Leaders must act" on climate report Greenhouse gases must be eliminated by the close of this century, argues a report from the the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that summarizes the work of 800 scientists published since September 2013. The report gave 95% certainty that warming since 1950 is man-made and not from natural effects. "Science has spoken. There is no ambiguity in the message. Leaders must act; time is not on our side," said United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Reuters (11/2), The Guardian (London) (10/31) Share:  Above the Fold UN official says sanctions for Burkina Faso possible Nonprofits struggle to find Ebola workers Clean energy gains made by developing countries Security Council: Islamic State murders could be war crimes UNICEF: Child poverty rises in wealthy countries UN Radio   Quote of the Day @UN_Women: Let's turn the tide to end #violenceagainstwomen, says @phumzileunwomen ow.ly/DCUJn #Beijing20 Share:  UN Dispatch "Erica Chenoweth is a pioneering academic whose groundbreaking research on the strategic use of non-violence showed that movements that use non-violent tactics when fighting for the overthrow of a regime are twice as likely to succeed as movements that use violence as a tactic." 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