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UN project seeks to protect West African coastline from erosion

30 October 2009 – In West Africa, the coast is more than just a simple marker between land and sea. It’s also the home of millions – as much as 80 per cent of the populations of many countries live nearby – and a vital source of livelihoods and income thanks to the critical industries of fishing and tourism.

Now the region’s lifeline is under siege. Partly because of man-made climate change, West Africa’s coastline is diminishing, as erosion eats away relentlessly at the land.

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's Speech to World Climate Conference-3
The Copenhagen climate change meeting is less than three months away

UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer
Boer says that while selective progress had been made to consolidate the huge texts on the table, “at this rate, we will not make it.”
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Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General
Opening remarks at the World Business Summit on Climate Change
Copenhagen - 24 May 2009

Achim Steiner, UNEP Executive Director
"Time to Protect our Oceans"
Manado, Indonesia -12 May 2009

Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General
Statement to the 17th Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development
UNHQ - 13 May 2009

Yvo de Boer, UNFCCC Executive Secretary
Informal Ministerial Meeting: Bali Brunch 2009
Washington D.C - 26 April 2009

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Opening Ceremony of the 30th Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Antalya, Turkey - 21 April 2009

Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General
Statement on the Group of 20 (G20) London Summit Outcome
London, UK - 02 April 2009

Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General
Remarks at the meeting on climate change and forests, hosted by H. R. H. the Prince of Wales
London, UK - 01 April 2009

Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General, at the World Economic Forum on The Global Compact: Creating Sustainable Markets
Davos , Switzerland - 29 January 2009

Angela Cropper, UNEP Deputy Executive Director
SIDA Climate Game Change Seminar
Bangkok, Thailand - 23 January 2009

Yvo de Boer, UNFCCC Executive Secretary
Ministerial Conference on Global Environment and Energy in Transport (MEET)
Bonn, Germany - 15 January 2009

Rajendra Pachauri, IPCC Chairman
Opening Ceremony of the UNFCCC COP 14
Poznán, Poland 1 December 2008

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