ISLAND STATES representatives at Durban 2011 UN COP17 Climate Conference appeal for COP17 Ministers to avert “climate genocide”

Report from UN COP17 Climate Conference, Durban, December 2011, on dire warnings from Island States representatives about “climate genocide” from unaddressed, man-made climate change : “Action must be taken immediately to avoid “climate genocide”, according to several low-lying island states at COP17. Addressing ministers and heads of states for the first time this morning, parties representing at risk islands used the opportunity to issue dire warnings.” [1].

[1]. John Parnell, “Island states appeal for COP17 Ministers to avert “climate genocide”, RTCC, 7 December 2011: http://www.rtcc.org/policy/island-states-appeal-for-cop17-ministers-to-avert-%E2%80%9Cclimate-genocide%E2%80%9D/ .