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Climate Change, Poverty and The Great Horse Poo Debate of 1898

Laurel Papworth

grumpy face* This article was posted on the ActionAid site back in December 2009. Because the first international inter-urban planning conference was held in New York in 1894, bringing together world leaders and problem solvers. And – although the conference was meant to run for ten days – they closed the doors after only THREE days.