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What Cancun meant The sixteenth conference of parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change concluded on 10 December 2010 with Patricia Espinoza, Mexico’s foreign minister welcoming the Cancun Agreements. >> Slovenia and Slovakia learn more about climate change in Africa “Africa needs to have the means to fight climate change,” said Jana Lampe of Caritas Slovenia. “And the people of Slovenia and Slovakia should be prepared to help them establish the conditions for a long-term sustainable development”. >> Importance of adapting to climate change in Kenya Unusual rain, inconsistent water supply, high temperatures overall and extreme heat in some places, windy conditions, reduced farming outputs with greater costs, conflict and people forced from their homes. >> Climate change and disasters in Mexico Mexicans have recently experienced larger and more frequent natural disasters previously unknown in our history. The list includes hurricanes, heavy rains, landslides and floods in some regions and water scarcity in others. >> Catholic Climate Ambassadors in USA In December, the Catholic Coalition on Climate Change trained their first “Catholic Climate Ambassadors”. >> |
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