UN Climate Chief Calls Out U.S. For Climate Inaction: Hurricane Sandy Is 'Yet Another Wake-up Call'

From ThinkProgress Sat Nov 24 2012, 20:28:21

Hurricane Sandy's $50 billion damage demonstrated the vulnerability of America's largest cities to the effects of global warming. Christiana Figueres, the top United Nations diplomat for international climate negotiations, said Sandy serves as "yet another wake-up call" for the U.S. to cut carbon pollution. In an interview with Yale Environment 360, Figueres made the case [...]

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