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Climate change ‘key driver of extreme weather’: UN
Posted by Agence France-Presse: Max Delany on November 18th, 2011
Agence France-Presse: Man-made climate change has already boosted heatwaves and flood-provoking rainfall and is likely to contribute to future natural disasters, according to a report by UN scientists unveiled Friday.
But the toll from these extreme weather events will depend as much on the measures taken to protect populations and property as the violence of Nature's outbursts, it warned.
The report, released 10 days before climate talks in Durban, South Africa, is the UN's first comprehensive review of global...