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Srgjan Kerim, President of the 62nd session of the General Assembly

Private investment key in tackling climate change, says Assembly President

9 June 2008
With trillions of dollars needed to combat climate change in coming decades, private investments are essential, General Assembly President Srgjan Kerim said today.

On World Environment Day, UN officials call for end to carbon addiction

5 June 2008
Top United Nations officials have marked World Environment Day by urging individuals, companies and governments alike to kick their addiction to carbon dioxide, a main contributor to global warming.

Latest round of UN climate change talks kicks off in Germany

2 June 2008
Talks on strengthening international action on global warming have begun in Bonn, Germany under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Primary school pupils planting trees at a Wilderness Education Centre in Kenya

‘Billion Tree Campaign’ blossoms to seven times its size, UN agency says

13 May 2008
A grassroots campaign to plant trees around the globe has announced that it is raising its target from 1 billion trees to 7 billion trees, the United Nations announced today.

UN-backed summit to spotlight private sector’s role in tackling climate change

12 May 2008
The United Nations will take part in a global meeting next year to assess how a new global climate change policy can also address the needs of the business community, it was announced today.

Climate change could imperil poverty goals, ECOSOC hears

2 May 2008
The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) should send a strong message that efforts to achieve the anti-poverty Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) could be reversed if climate change is not addressed, its President Léo Mérorès told Council members today.

UN to assist African farmers threatened by climate change

28 April 2008
Some 10,000 farmers in five African countries, where crops are expected to be badly affected by climate change, are to receive help from the United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in the form of low-cost rain gauge equipment and roving seminars provided by agricultural experts.

Asia-Pacific countries convene at UN forum to share climate change solutions

23 April 2008
Participants from countries in the Asia-Pacific region will have an opportunity to share good practices on ways to cut greenhouse gases while reducing poverty at a meeting convened today in Bangkok by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).

Tourism industry has key role in tackling climate change – UN official

11 April 2008
The global tourism industry has a key role to play in confronting the challenges of climate change, the head of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said as an international seminar on the subject wrapped up in the United Kingdom today.

Bangkok climate change talks good start, but ‘huge’ task lays ahead – UN official

10 April 2008
The climate change talks held last week in Bangkok were successful in devising a schedule for negotiations leading to a long-term international agreement on the issue, but actually devising an accord that all countries will sign remains a major challenge, a top United Nations official told reporters today.