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SA works well on climate change
Mar. 15th, 2007 06:41 pm Climate change expert hails SA
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=14&click_id=14&art_id=vn20070315120700444C863974
The world's leading climate change economist, Sir Nicholas Stern, is "very impressed" with how South Africa's cabinet ministers are grappling with the problems caused by global warming, or climate change.
And while he notes that Africa will bear the brunt of the impacts of unavoidable climate change over the next 20 years or so - because of its geographical location, the poverty of many of its people and the physical structure of wind movements - he predicts that South Africa will play "a big part" in new international negotiations that could help reduce long-term impacts.
Saying he was more optimistic than a year ago - although this did not mean he was generally optimistic about the world resolving climate change problems - Sir Nicholas said: "I do think there is a chance to move forward now in a way not seen in the recent past."
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=14&click_id=14&art_id=vn20070315120700444C863974
The world's leading climate change economist, Sir Nicholas Stern, is "very impressed" with how South Africa's cabinet ministers are grappling with the problems caused by global warming, or climate change.
And while he notes that Africa will bear the brunt of the impacts of unavoidable climate change over the next 20 years or so - because of its geographical location, the poverty of many of its people and the physical structure of wind movements - he predicts that South Africa will play "a big part" in new international negotiations that could help reduce long-term impacts.
Saying he was more optimistic than a year ago - although this did not mean he was generally optimistic about the world resolving climate change problems - Sir Nicholas said: "I do think there is a chance to move forward now in a way not seen in the recent past."
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