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Published 11/06/2009 by Individual.com


Tackling Climate Change [editorial]

THE recent call by former Secretary General of the United Nations (UN), Kofi Annan, for global cooperation to avert the catastrophic consequences of climate change ought to be heeded by Nigeria as the country falls within the category of vulnerable and least developed nations that...

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