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Attention to climate change key to managing natural disasters, Annan says

30 November 2002
Attention to climate change is key to mitigating the impact of natural disasters, which last year caused an estimated $56 billion in damages globally, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said in a message to a two-day meeting on flood management which opened today in Budapest.

UN-backed climate change meeting urges action to limit greenhouse gas emissions

1 November 2002
Senior officials from some 170 countries attending a United Nations-backed meeting in New Dehli today adopted a Ministerial Declaration urging action to stem global climate change.