At a climate change conference in Bonn, on July 3, 2011, German Chancellor Angela Merkel calls on the world's industrialized economies to act swiftly in their commitments to greenhouse gas reductions, to ensure that the world's temperatures do not rise by more than 2 degrees Celsius this century.

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15206960,00.html
http://www.spa.gov.sa/English/details.php?id=907727

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin urges for a cleanup of the Arctic Region from the human-discarded trash and potentially toxic materials that have accumulated for decades around polar stations, bases and settlements, in an effort to protect the region’s ecosystem and wildlife.

http://en.rian.ru/Environment/20110630/164928762.html

On July 3, 2011, temperatures in Phoenix, Arizona, USA reached record highs of 118 degrees Fahrenheit (48 degrees Celsius), with unprecedented drought elsewhere in the country causing some cities to cancel Independence Day firework displays to protect against fires.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43623480/ns/weather/
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