Solana Pyne, the author of the GlobalPost article for CBS News, quotes Margareta Wahlstrom, the UN Special Representative to the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, who called for countries 'to improve disaster preparation even as they negotiate to cut emissions that cause the problem in the first place' while a growing number of scientists say extreme events represent the face of a warming world.
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