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As in the preamble to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), "the global nature of climate change calls for the widest possible cooperation by all countries and their participation in an effective and appropriate international response, in accordance with their common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities and their social and economic conditions".
In recent times, natural disasters and severe weather conditions have taken centre stage, touching lives and disrupting economic activities in both developed and developing countries. We can recall the Indian Ocean tsunami that affected Southeast Asia, floods and droughts of unimaginable magnitude in all parts of the world,...
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