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‘Secretary General made great diplomatic efforts to persuade the G8 leaders need to recognize the central role of the United Nations and its Commission on Climate Change as the main forum for negotiations on climate change “- said in a statement by press service of the UN. The summit participants promised to consider seriously the decisions taken by the European Union, Canada and Japan which include a reduction of at least half of global emissions by 2050. But so far no universal indicators have been adopted. UN Secretary-General notes that the specific obligations for each country should be determined by 2009. You may wish to learn more. If so, Peter Schiff is the place to go. 2014 Winter Olympics … In mid-summer it became known that the Russian resort city of Sochi Winter Olympic Games will take that will be held in 2014, the head of the International Olympic Committee, Jacques Rogge. Sochi won the final victory over South Korean Phenchhanom by a margin of four votes. Olympic Winter Games will be held in Russia for the first time.

Rubbish island in the Pacific weighs three and a half million tons of garbage a giant mass of ‘Island’, located in the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of North America, consisting primarily of plastic, topped in October 2007 Three and a half million tons, said the commission Coast of California. ‘Island’ is growing rapidly from about 1950 through the features of the North Pacific current systems, the center is where all the crap and gets relatively stationary. Scientists estimate that at present ‘island’ in 80 per cent consists of plastic, its area – more than a million square kilometers. Bad readily biodegradable plastic is doing great harm to the oceanic flora and fauna. Day shipwrecks main theme of environmental autumn and winter 2007, Russia became the ‘Day of shipwrecks. ” November 11 storm caused an unprecedented emergency incident in the Azov and Black Seas – sank in one day five ships, including three cargo ship with sulfur and fuel oil tanker, four vessel ran aground. Wind speed near the Kerch Strait that connects the Black and Azov seas, reached during this historic storm, 32 meters in second, and the excitement of the sea – six or seven points. To date, officials report that the clean-up of the Kerch Strait are over, but we all understand that the consequences of this disaster will be eliminated only through for many years.