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Baseless fear of economic hardship hampers efforts to curb climate change – UN official

A lack of global leadership on climate change, stemming from an unwarranted fear of economic hardship, is seriously hampering efforts to combat global warming, the top United Nations official dealing with the issue has warned.

UN official proposes global summit on climate change to plan next steps

The head of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) today proposed the convening of a global summit backed by the UN to plan a future course of action for tackling the cross-cutting problem.