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Extreme Weather Events Leave No Doubt Climate Change is Real

Cluster of Extreme Weather Events Leave No Doubt Climate Change is Real, Caribbean Nations Tell UN

The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Trinidad and Tobago, echoing other senior government officials today and throughout the General Assembly’s annual general debate, questioned how, after the spate of recent catastrophic events in the Caribbean, South Asia and elsewhere, one could deny that “climate change is real, and it is upon us.” Read more

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