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World must act now to forestall staggering threat from global warming

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8 November 2004 – The Arctic climate is warming rapidly, much larger changes are in store due to increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases from human activity and the global impact such as rising sea levels will be “staggering,” presenting one of the most serious threats to humankind, the United Nations environment agency warned today.

“With these facts before us, we need, more than ever before, a concerted and renewed international efforts to combat the climate change problem,” Klaus Toepfer, Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said in a statement citing a newly released report by an international team of 300 scientists.

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