Guardian Unlimited logo Guardian Unlimited 1 month ago

Warming could create 150 million 'climate refugees'

Climate refugees of cyclone Nargis

People displaced by Cyclone Nargis line up by their tents for a visit from UN secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon in 2008 in Kyondah, Myanmar. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited

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  1. ASEAN Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan speaks during a news conference on the response to Cyclone Nargis which hit Myanmar's Irrawaddy Delta last May in Bangkok November 25, 2009.
  2. U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks about singer Stevie Wonder (not pictured) during a news conference after he was appointed as a United Nations Messenger of Peace, at UN Headquarters, in New York, December 3, 2009.
  3. NEW YORK - DECEMBER 03: (L-R) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, musician Stevie Wonder, H.E. Ms. Susan Rice, Permanent Representative of the United States to the UN and Mr. Kiyotaka Akasaka, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information attend the United Nations M...
  4. NEW YORK - DECEMBER 01: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and Chairman of the Board of Trustees for amfAR Kenneth Cole throw the switch to turn of the lights of Washington Square Park's Arch to commemorate World Aids Day during the amfAR world AIDS day event at Washington Square Park...
  5. PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO - NOVEMBER 28: (L-R) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussenm, Commonwealth Secretary General Kamalesh Sharma, Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Patrick Manning, and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd hold a...
  6. PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO - NOVEMBER 27: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon attends an Executive Session on the first day of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) at the Hyatt Hotel on November 27, 2009 in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad And Tobago.

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  4. United Nations United Nations
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