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Article: CLIMATE CHANGE: U.N. PLANS TO RUN 'CLIMATE NEUTRAL' OPERATION.
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- December 12, 2007
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By Ramesh Jaura
NUSA DUA, Bali, Dec. 12, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- The United Nations announced Wednesday that it is joining the growing worldwide effort to go "climate neutral," meaning that it plans to reduce or offset the greenhouse gases produced by its activities.
The move will affect some 20 agencies, funds and programs of the world body, as well as Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his team.
The U.N. calculates that greenhouse gas emissions arising from travel to and from Nusa Dua on the tropical island of Bali in Indonesia -- where the two-week U.N. climate change conference ends Friday -- represent around 3,370 metric tons of carbon dioxide. ...