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Global warming is more than just a green issue, says Secretary-General

29 September 2006
Climate change must be viewed as much more than an environmental issue if the world is to understand and tackle the scope and nature of the threat it represents, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said last night.

Dutch diplomat appointed head of UN climate change convention

10 August 2006
Secretary-General Kofi Annan today announced the appointment of a Dutch climate expert to lead the United Nations body responsible for monitoring an international climate change treaty.
Michael Cutajar, UNFCCC Executive-Secretary

UN conference sets agenda for talks on further cuts in greenhouse gas emissions

26 May 2006
Delegates at a United Nations sponsored-conference on climate change have agreed on how to pursue negotiations on further cuts in greenhouse gas emissions under the Kyoto Protocol, officials who participated in the first round of talks concluded in Bonn, Germany, today, said in a statement.
Workshop by the National Disaster Management Office

UN agencies help world’s tourist resorts adapt to climate change

24 May 2006
With climate change posing a potential threat to tourist resorts, the South Pacific islands nation of Fiji has been selected as a pilot country for a series of United Nations-backed projects aimed at helping the tourism sector to adapt to the effects of climate change, ranging from more frequent cyclones to beach-eroding higher sea levels.

Talks next week in Bonn to set stage for future action on climate change – UN official

12 May 2006
Aiming to advance international efforts on climate change, representatives of governments from across the globe will gather in Bonn next week under United Nations auspices to discuss new proposals, including a significant increase in the levels of emission reductions required under the Kyoto Protocol, a senior official dealing with the issue said today.
Commission on Sustainable Development

Poor will feel greatest impact of climate change, scientist tells UN commission

4 May 2006
Changes in weather patterns and extreme weather events due to climate change will have the greatest impact on the world's poorest people, the head of the leading scientific panel on the issue told the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development in New York today.

Urgent action needed to bring clean energy to poor areas – UN report

11 April 2006
Despite some progress in controlling atmospheric pollutants such as lead, ozone-depleting substances and some greenhouse gasses, urgent action is needed to provide clean energy to reduce poverty, promote development and tackle climate change, according to a United Nations report released today.
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Better forest management has key role in dealing with climate change: UN agency

27 March 2006
Not only do forests absorb the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide, thereby mitigating the effects of climate change, but using wood from a sustainably-managed forest as fuel instead of oil, coal and natural gas, can also reduce global warming, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today, calling for better forest management.

Annan short-lists candidates selected for top UN post monitoring climate change

16 March 2006
Five candidates put forward by United Nations Member States for the post of Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) have been short-listed for interview, following a thorough review of all nominees by Secretary General Kofi Annan and his senior advisers, a UN spokesman said today.

Compliance body set up for Kyoto Protocol on reducing greenhouse gases

3 March 2006
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) said today that a Compliance Committee for the Kyoto Protocol, the environmental treaty aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, has begun operations, with an enforcement branch dealing with countries having difficulties meeting their commitments.