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The 2007/2008 Report in the News

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Managing Risk in a Changing Climate: Making the Case
Reuters AlertNet
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The Natural Disaster Response Divide
The Huffington Post
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‘Let’s not leave carbon debts future generations can’t pay’
Hindustan Times
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Failure in Copenhagen is Not an Option: Ambassador Beck
Solomon Times
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Con los mandatarios de los países desarrollados, comienza la Cumbre sobre Cambio Climático
Telam
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A green deal for rich and poor nations
The Guardian, UK
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A climate for development
The Daily Times
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Climate Change: A New Chapter in Global Diplomacy?
IDN Service
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How to measure vulnerability to climate change?
IRIN
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Indigenous groups bear witness to climate change damage
UNDP
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Study Finds Pattern of Severe Droughts in Africa
New York Times
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Climate Change - Threat to MDGs
AllAfrica.com
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Global justice must be part of the emissions debate
Canberra Times
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World needs 'climate revolution'
BBC News
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Climate change won’t wait while countries dither
Thaindian News
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The humanitarian cost of climate change
Red Cross
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UN looks to new sources to finance climate change combat
Thaindian News
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No Global Issue More Urgent Than Climate Change
Pacific Magazine
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Les pauvres, principales victimes du changement climatique
Afrique en ligne
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Mobilising money
Financial Times
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One Planet, One Chance
HDRO-UNDP
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Youth plea for more action to combat climate change in their own words
UN News
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Youth version of 2007/2008 HDR
UN News
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At the General Assembly meeting on the food and energy crisis
Relief Web
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It's time to have a UN green-keeping mission
China Daily
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Climate refugees on the increase
Yomiuri Shimbun
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Development and Transition - Climate Change
LSE/UNDP
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Human rights and climate change
Webdiary
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We Must Kick Carbon Habit, Secretary-General Stresses, Likening Dependence on Fossil Fuels to Addiction
UN Secretariat
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Getting to grips with food scarcity, climate change
NST Online
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Climate change and the development tests
Relief Web
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Poor nations at climate conference demand more money to cope with global warming
International Herald Tribune
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Addressing Climate Change: The United Nations and the World at Work
Media Newswire
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UK warms to climate change aid
The Guardian
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SoS speech on climate change: “Climate Change and Global Social Justice” [40 KB]

Estamos ante un periodo de crisis
La Clave
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Climate change and Bali – think about human rights
El Mundo / Jornal Valor
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Focus at Climate Talks Shifts
New York Times
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Bali climate talks find focus in fund for poor nations
International Herald Tribune
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The catastrophe of failing to act on carbon emissions
Financial Times
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Human Development Report Office response to debate on ‘equal per capita emissions’
HDRO
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El cambio climático, un desafío global
El País
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Why the climate change wolf is so hard to kill off
The Financial Times

Varied Views on Poverty and Climate
New York Times
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Climate change - we've got 10 years
New Statesman
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Cut carbon by up to third to save poor
The Guardian (UK)
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The Guardian (UK) PDF Archive [2,942 KB]

U.N. Warns of Climate-Related Setbacks
New York Times
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UN focuses carbon burden
Financial Times

U.N. Seeks Aid for Poor Areas To Adjust to Global Warming
The Wall Street Journal
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L'ONU dénonce l'inégalité face au réchauffement
Le Monde

Aquecimento global ameaça melhoria no desenvolvimento humano
Folha Online
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10 years to change our ways
The Guardian (UK)
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Op Eds

Main challenge is how to price carbon
Japan Times

The central challenge of our time
Jakarta Post
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For all this talk, still we head steadfastly for catastrophe
The Guardian
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Que decência é essa?
O Globo
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After the Flood
AllAfrica.com
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La justicia climática
La Reforma
04 avril 2007
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Tide of suffering
The Guardian
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Climate justice demands action for the poor
Human Development Report Office
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The rich world must face its responsibilities
Financial Times
07 février 2007
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Summary [893 KB]
Errata [24 KB]
Youth booklet [5 483 KB]
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