A delegate from Iran listen to U.N Secretary-General Kofi Annan as he address delegates Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2006 at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Nairobi, Kenya. Secretary-General Kofi Annan told the U.N. conference on climate change Wednesday that it's clear it will cost far less to cut greenhouse-gas emissions now 'than to deal with the consequences later.'(AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan addresses delegates Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2006 at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Nairobi, Kenya. Secretary-General Kofi Annan told the U.N. conference on climate change Wednesday that it's clear it will cost far less to cut greenhouse-gas emissions now 'than to deal with the consequences later.'(AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)
Graphic with world maps detailing the implications of predicted increases in global temperatures, as environment ministers from around the world gather in Nairobi, Kenya. Citing "a frightening lack of leadership" to tackle climate change, UN chief Kofi Annan has demanded world leaders give global warming the same priority as they did to wars and to curbing the spread of weapons of mass destruction.(AFP/Graphic/Martin Megino)