Climate change: action needed on all fronts

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<p><P>Ten years have passed since the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) entered into force on 21 March 1994.</P><br />
<P>In this article, Joke Waller-Hunter, executive secretary of the UNFCCC, reviews what has happened since then, focusing in particular on the relationship between carbon emissions and world economic output (or ‘carbon intensity’).</P><br />
<P>Waller-Hunter acknowledges that it is developing countries that are most vulnerable, but admits to being surprised about calls for a greater focus on adaptation. She argues that action is required on all fronts, including more intense efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions.</P><br />
<P><a  href="http://www.oecdobserver.org/news/printpage.php/aid/1226/Climate_change:_The_challenge_continues.html" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/tracking/external/'+this.href);" rel="noopener noreferrer">Link to full <EM>OECD Observer</EM> article</A></P></p>

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Ten years have passed since the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) entered into force on 21 March 1994.

In this article, Joke Waller-Hunter, executive secretary of the UNFCCC, reviews what has happened since then, focusing in particular on the relationship between carbon emissions and world economic output (or ‘carbon intensity’).

Waller-Hunter acknowledges that it is developing countries that are most vulnerable, but admits to being surprised about calls for a greater focus on adaptation. She argues that action is required on all fronts, including more intense efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions.

Link to full OECD Observer article