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Past World Climate Conferences
The First World Climate Conference was held on 12-23 February 1979 in Geneva and sponsored by the WMO. It was one of the first major international meetings on climate change. Essentially a scientific conference, it was attended by scientists from a wide range of disciplines.

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World Climate Conference-3
World Climate Conference-3 (WCC-3) is scheduled to be held in Geneva, Switzerland, 31 August - 4 September 2009. Its focus is on climate predictions and information for decision-making at the seasonal to multi-decadal timescales.

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Information exchange the goal as World Climate Conference starts
Enabling improved information exchange for the fight against climate change is the goal of a five-day UN climate conference that opened in Geneva on Monday. "Even if we reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, the climate will continue to change," said Gro Harlem Brundtland, the United Nations Secretary General's special envoy on climate change. "All countries will need to adapt to a changing and more erratic climate," she said in opening remarks, warning of more storms, rising sea levels, droughts and famine.

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World Climate Conference could spur environmental action
High-level policymakers, experts and business leaders are gathering in Geneva for a World Climate Conference. Some wonder whether we need another climate conference. Others say you can’t have enough of them.
 

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News about world climate conference in Geneva 

UN talks seek to boost global access to climate data
United Nations talks aimed at boosting access to climate information to help the world’s poor and promote development kicked off today in Geneva..... READ MORE

Annan: Developing nations need better climate data 
The world needs more innovative projects - such as putting weather stations on cellular phone towers across Africa - to help it better predict the increased hurricanes, tsunamis, droughts, and floods that climate change will bring, Kofi Annan said yesterday..... READ MORE

U.N. talks hope to improve climate data, aid poor
Delegates from 150 nations met in Geneva on Monday to try to plug gaps in climate information to help the world cope with global warming and threats like floods, wildfires and rising sea levels..... READ MORE

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