GENEVA (Reuters) – Former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan on Wednesday launched a “Global Humanitarian Forum” which he said would focus on coordinating international efforts to counter the effects of climate change.
The forum, based in Geneva with financing and support from the Swiss authorities, includes in its governing board a range of other key U.N. figures past and present, ex-presidents, royalty, bankers and academics from rich and poorer countries.
“We need to get the world public to focus on the fact that climate change is not something down the line but is happening now, and that we have to work together to combat it,” Annan told a news conference just before the ceremonial launch.
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Noelle d'Estries, an early GO employee who took on the varied roles of Community Manager, green celebrity blogger, and more. She currently runs worstcookever.com GO entered Noelle's life in February 2007 while she was burning tires in her backyard. A phone call from the green gods at GO, burnt out the fires. Now, Noelle happily wears her GO sweatshirt while eating organic veggies and asking for paper, not plastic. A regular at the local farmer's market, Noelle shuns raking leaves and lawn maintenance, while making gourmet foods constantly. When not staring at her computer screen, she spends time with her equally attractive dog, Tessa, cat, Tim and lover Paul. She currently holds all three point records at RIT and could eat avocados and drink wine for the rest of her life.
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