They might make all the difference to the planet's future: such at least was the view passionately expressed by Ban Ki-moon, the secretary-general of the United Nations, who flew this week from Kabul where he made an emergency visit because of a bomb attack on his staff, and a political crisis to a faith-and-ecology celebration in Windsor Castle, one of the residences of the British royal family.

ECONOMIST: Religion and climate change

Concluding statements, taking into account the political dimension of the subject, will be made by the representative of the Minister for Ecology rand by a representative of the French permanent delegation to UNESCO.

UNESCO: Post-Conflict and Post-Disaster Responses

Italy's political system encourages the forming of alliances, and the Democratic Party has teamed with the more left-wing Left Ecology Freedom party.

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