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Planet could change if greenhouse gases are left unchecked, Annan warns

29 September 2003
If the ever-increasing emission of greenhouse remains unchecked, the planet as we know it today could look very different by the end of this century, with many small islands gone and ecological life-support systems under stress as never before, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan warned today.

UN agency teams up with insurer, medical school to study climate change impact

18 September 2003
A United Nations development agency is joining a Swiss global insurer and a United States medical school in an innovative research partnership to evaluate health and economic damages from climate change and associated events, which currently run at $40 billion annually and are projected to reach $150 billion by 2010.

General Assembly President urges cooperation to offset effects of climate change

24 March 2003
The President of the United Nations General Assembly has urged global meteorological experts to pool their specialized skills and technical know-how to help offset the alarming effects of climate change which, if left unchecked, will undoubtedly have catastrophic environmental, economic and social repercussions.

Link between energy and climate change focus of latest UN lecture

3 December 2002
The link between energy and climate change was the focus of a discussion today by noted experts at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, the third in a series of talks hosted by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on issues outside the normal range of UN topics and on matters at the forefront of both the humanities and natural sciences.

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.

Global efforts to combat climate change shifting into action, Annan says

30 October 2002
Global efforts to combat climate change are shifting towards realizing existing international goals, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today in a message to a key gathering in New Delhi on the leading treaty designed to address the weather phenomenon.

Global temperature in 2001 second warmest on record - UN meteorological agency

19 December 2001
The global average surface temperature in 2001 is expected to be the second warmest on record, nearly half a degree above the average for the past 40 years, the United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has said.

Climate change not just environmental issue, Annan says

7 November 2001
The fight against climate change is not just an environmental issue but also a matter of fundamental development, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today in a message to ministers and policy-makers gathered in Marrakech, Morocco, to finalize rules for implementing the Kyoto Protocol.
Michael Cutajar, UNFCCC Executive-Secretary

Climate change talks making 'good progress,' UN official says

2 November 2001
The first week of the international climate talks in Marrakech, Morocco, has made "good progress," according to the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).