MER - Climate change is as serious as WMD: Annan

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> N chief <br>Kofi Annan demanded that world leaders give climate change the same priority as they did to wars and to curbing the spread of weapons of mass destruction. <br>ADVERTISEMENT <br> <br>Annan made the appeal as he launched a three-day gathering of environment chiefs, tasked with stepping up action against global warming. <br> <br>In his valedictory speech to the annual meeting, the UN secretary-general painted a sombre tableau about the effects of climate change, especially on impoverished countries that were least to blame for it. <b on></b> </body>