UN chief calls for extreme weather warning
systems for everyone on Earth
Posted By: Ribicon, 3/23/2022 4:24:33 PM
Everyone on the planet should be covered by an early warning system against extreme weather and climate-related disasters within five years, the UN secretary general has said. About a third of people around the world are not now covered by early warning systems, but in Africa the problem is greater, with about six in 10 people lacking such warnings. As climate breakdown takes hold, more people are likely to be affected by extreme weather, including flash floods, heatwaves, more violent storms and coastal storm surges, made worse by sea level rises. António Guterres said it was unacceptable that so many people were still not covered by early warning systems,
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Russia not taking Gen. Milley's phone calls
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Another embarrassment on the world stage.
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Everyone on the planet will be issued a portable device, made and serviced by a friend of António Guterres, that at all times will flash PANIC, alternating with TRUST THE GOVERNMENT, in red, along with a blaring siren.