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UNEP chief Klaus Toepfer

UN environment agency chief welcomes US, Asia-Pacific climate change pact

28 July 2005
The head of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) today welcomed the United States-led initiative to work with Australia and major Asian nations to develop new technologies aimed at reducing greenhouse gases, but cautioned that it was no substitute for the Kyoto Protocol, which neither the US nor Australia has ratified.

General Assembly endorses small island states’ call for help with climate change

15 July 2005
The United Nations General Assembly has endorsed a declaration made by small island developing states (SIDS) requesting expanded trade opportunities, assistance in coping with sea-level rise and other adverse consequences of climate change, and renewable energy and cleaner fossil fuel technologies.

UN weather agency outlines ambitious programme in natural disaster mitigation

15 July 2005
From enlisting the help of nuclear test ban experts to cooperating in newly launched disaster warning initiatives, the United Nations weather agency is embarking on an ambitious programme to upgrade its services with a particular focus on helping the world's least developed countries.