U.N. climate chief warns fires and floods should be wakeup call - The Hill's E2-Wire

U.N. climate chief warns fires and floods should be wakeup call - The Hill's E2-Wire:

By Ian Swanson - 09/02/10 10:59 AM ET

"Figueres mentioned the devastating floods in Pakistan and fires in Russia, which she said were a wakeup call for the need for a new global climate-change agreement.

“Science will show whether and how those events are related to climate change caused by humanity’s greenhouse-gas emissions, but the point is clear: We cannot afford to face escalating disasters of that kind,” she said, according to AFP."