United Nations – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says one of the lessons from Superstorm Sandy is the need for global action to deal with future climate shocks.
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A new round of global climate talks starts in Doha, Qatar on Nov. 27, and Ban urged nations to reach a binding agreement by 2015 to curtail emissions of heat-trapping gases in order to stop the planet from overheating.
He told the U.N. General Assembly on Friday that it is difficult to attribute any single storm to climate change, but the world already knows that “extreme weather due to climate change is the new normal.”
The U.N. saw direct effects of the superstorm, which damaged its headquarters with flooding that shut it down for three days. Electrical components and the U.N. computer system were damaged.
Yes, we need serious discussion on changing the climate from one of rhetoric to action that is specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and timely. So that cuts out all NGO’s and national governments. Who’s left? The people.
Please. Puny mankind has no influence on climate change. The total energy humans generate on this planet is 0.01% (that’s one one hundredth of one percent) of the total energy the planet absorbs from the sun.
Sounds like the Dor Haflagah to me.
By the way, the ice caps on Mars are also melting…
It’s actually a bit less than that.
The un wants to head it an is person there can pocket more money. We don’t need the UN or the EU they are like a cancer growing bigger and bigger. Sucking up more and more funds to do nothing.