Gro Harlem Brundtland (1939 – ) Norwegian Doctor, Former Prime Minister of Norway, Director-General of the World Health Organization
Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland began serving a five-year term as ...
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Brundtland, Gro Norwegian Prime Minister and Environmentalist (1939–)
In her life, Gro Harlem Brundtland has served society in three distinct capacities—as a medical doctor, a politician...
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Norwegian political leader Gro Harlem Brundtland (born 1939) was the first Scandinavian woman to serve as a prime minister (1981; 1986-1989; 1990-1997). Brundtland also paved the way for women in the ...
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The U.N. Environment Program said Friday that major threats to
the planet, including climate change, the rate of extinction of
species and the challenge of feeding a growing population, are a...
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Jan 27 (Reuters) - Following are some of the major events to
have occurred on February 3 since 1900: 1924 - Woodrow Wilson, 28th president of the United States,
died. 1959 - Singers Buddy Holly, ...
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U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, who has expressed concerns
about climate change as a growing global issue, announced Tuesday his
appointment of three high-level diplomats as special envoy...
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New York (dpa) - Environment ministers and officials from nearly
30 countries met Wednesday to discuss programmes aimed at blunting
the dire effects of climate change while ...
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Berlin (dpa) - Environment and energy ministers of the Group of
Eight (G8) met to discuss ways of reducing greenhouse gas emissions
during a two-day conference that got unde...
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Johannesburg/Harare (dpa) - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, in
his 27th year of rule, is ignoring approaches from former South
African president and Nobel Peace Prize winn...
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The greatest threat facing humanity is climate change, former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Friday, and praised a Norwegian initiative to reduce the country's net greenhouse gas emissions ...
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Three U.N. special envoys will be soliciting the views of world leaders on tackling climate change to help Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon prepare for a June meeting of major industrialized nations a...
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