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Q&A: Clean technologies with Yvo de Boer
Q&A: Clean technologies with Yvo de Boer
Yvo de Boer, the UN climate chief, speaks to SciDev.Net about getting clean technology into the developing world.
Executive Secretary
unfccc.int — Yvo de Boer was appointed by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan as the new Executive Secretary of the... UNFCCC on 10 August. The appointment had been endorsed by the Bureau of the Convention. Before joining the UNFCCC, Mr. de Boer was Director for ... (more) Executive Secretary
Video: George Monbiot meets Yvo de Boer
guardian.co.uk — George Monbiot talks to the UN's leading climate change official about Kyoto, carbon offset schemes and George... Bush (more) Video: George Monbiot meets Yvo de Boer
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UN: Poor Countries Will Need $130B A Year to Adapt to Climate Change
Earth2Tech — Delegates from 190 countries have gathered in Poznan, Poland this week as part of negotiations for a climate change treaty expected to be finalized in Copenhagen next year. According Yvo de Boer, the top climate change official at the UN, delegates today focused largely on adaptation, or helping developing countries take steps to withstand severe drought, extreme storms, and other events expected to become more ...

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