Tuesday, November 24, 2015

UN details doubling in weather disasters ahead of climate summit

UN details doubling in weather disasters ahead of climate summit Paris (AFP) Nov 23, 2015 - The UN on Monday detailed a doubling in weather-related disasters over the last three decades, a week before nearly 140 world leaders gather in terror-struck Paris to thrash out a crucial climate pact. More than 600,000 lives have been lost since 1995 to flooding, landslides and other weather-induced catastrophes, the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction said, with the number of such events ... morehttp://www.terradaily.com/reports/UN_details_doubling_in_weather_disasters_ahead_of_climate_summit_999.html

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