UNISDR calls for urgent action to reduce vulnerability to climate change

“The world must act urgently to cut the risk from extreme weather events linked with climate change”, Salvano Briceño, Director of the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction secretariat, said this morning on the publication of the fourth IPCC assessment report on climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability.
Date:
6 Apr 2007
Sources:
  • United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)

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Climate Change, Media
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