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Africa Politics | Society | Economy - Development | Environment - Nature | Agriculture - Nutrition Africa told to enhance actions to reduce disaster risk afrol News, 23 October - Climate change will lead to ever greater numbers of people being uprooted in Africa, the top United Nations humanitarian official said yesterday, calling for enhanced and swift actions to reduce disaster risk and step up mitigation.“Too often, the humanitarian implications of climate change and the need for adaptation to the new, more dangerous reality of more frequent and intense natural disasters are forgotten as the world focuses on the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions,” Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes said at the African Union (AU) Special Summit on Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons, in Kampala, Uganda. By staff writer © afrol News - Create an e-mail alert for Africa news - Create an e-mail alert for Politics news - Create an e-mail alert for Society news - Create an e-mail alert for Economy - Development news - Create an e-mail alert for Environment - Nature news - Create an e-mail alert for Agriculture - Nutrition news |
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