Building a world of resilient communities.    Climate - May 6
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World 'must act to avoid devastating global warming'  Peter
Walker and agencies, Guardian Devastating global warming can be
avoided without excessive economic cost but the world must begin
acting immediately, a major UN conference on climate change
concluded early today.  The report by the UN's Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the world's most authoritative
organisation looking at the issue, was hailed by
environmentalists as a "road map" for avoiding disaster.  The
technology already exists for countries to tackle the issue
through the greater use of biofuels and renewable energy
sources, and improving overall energy efficiency, the week-long
gathering in Bangkok concluded. But only immediate action can
cap the average global temperature increase at around 2C, they
said. (4 May 2007)  Climate Panel Reaches Conse