2007 IPCC Report Warns of Impending Catastrophe
The IPCC Fourth Assessment Report builds upon past assessments and IPCC Special Reports, and incorporates the results of the past 5 years of climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability research. It aims to describe current knowledge of climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability.

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Angela Cropper of Trinidad and Tobago Named New UNEP Deputy Executive Director by UN Secretary-General
Ms. Angela Cropper of Trinidad and Tobago has been named as the Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The announcement was made by Ban Ki-Moon, the UN Secretary-General. Ms. Cropper is expected to take up her post in February 2008.

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UWI economist Pantin promoted to professor
UWI principal Bhoe Tewarie announced at the formal opening of the 10 th anniversary conference of the Sustainable Economic Development Unit (SEDU) at UWI on Monday, 16 October that Dennis Pantin, senior economist and co-ordinator of SEDU, had just been elevated to professor rank at the university. Professor Pantin later addressed the gathering.

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