“I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.”
Leonardo Da Vinci
Brussels, 29 June 2007
"Climate change poses a double challenge: Europe must not only make deep cuts in its greenhouse gas emissions but also take measures to adapt to current and future climate change in order to lessen the adverse impacts of global warming on people, the economy and the environment. This is the key message of a Green Paper published by the European Commission today which sets out options for EU action to help the process of adaptation to climate change across Europe. "
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19 June 2007
Indian Ocean temperatures and Darfur
The cause is hidden; the effect is visible to all.
Ovid
In an opinion piece for The Washington Post, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon wrote, "Amid the diverse social and political causes, the Darfur conflict began as an ecological crisis, arising at least in part from climate change. "
UN statistics show that rainfall declined some 40 per cent over the past two decades, as a rise in Indian Ocean temperatures disrupted monsoons.
However, climate change may be one of the causes of the Darfur crisis, but to consider it the single root cause could obscure other important factors and hamper the search for solutions.
Read more:
Ovid
In an opinion piece for The Washington Post, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon wrote, "Amid the diverse social and political causes, the Darfur conflict began as an ecological crisis, arising at least in part from climate change. "
UN statistics show that rainfall declined some 40 per cent over the past two decades, as a rise in Indian Ocean temperatures disrupted monsoons.
However, climate change may be one of the causes of the Darfur crisis, but to consider it the single root cause could obscure other important factors and hamper the search for solutions.
Read more:
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