Storms, drought overshadow UN climate talks
- Published: 30 Aug 2012 at 23.48
- Online news: World
World climate change negotiators faced warnings Thursday that a string of extreme weather events around the globe show urgent action on emission cuts is needed as they opened new talks in Bangkok.
Rancher Gary Wollert inspects a dead cow on dry grasslands on near Eads, Colorado on August 22. World climate change negotiators faced warnings Thursday that a string of extreme weather events around the globe show urgent action on emission cuts is needed as they opened new talks in Bangkok.
The week-long meeting in the Thai capital, which was devastated by major floods last year, aims to prepare the ground for a meeting of ministers under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Doha starting in November.
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