change

UN climate conference hears call to action to avoid plagues of global warming

15 December 2004
With 2004 set to become the costliest natural catastrophe year ever for the insurance industry, a United Nations climate convention opened its 10th anniversary high-level meeting today with warnings that much more needs to be done to avert a veritable biblical list of plagues arising from global warming caused by human action.

Climate change: UN marks treaty's anniversary by hailing savings of going green

21 March 2004
Fighting climate change makes economic sense in the long run because using energy more efficiently will ultimately produce enormous financial and green benefits, the head of the United Nations' environmental agency said in a message marking the 10th anniversary today of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, which came into force in March 1994.
Kofi Annan

North-South divide on global threats is unnecessary, Annan says

1 March 2004
A high-level panel examining change at the United Nations should show there is no need for a North-South divide when determining the greatest threats to the world, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said tonight.