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Climate change conference of key nations achieves ‘important progress’ – UN official

20 March 2007
Government ministers from key industrialized and developing nations attending a climate change conference in Germany at the weekend achieved “important progress” on a series of issues, a senior United Nations environmental official said today.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

Welcoming European moves on climate change, Ban Ki-moon urges ambitious action

9 March 2007
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the European Union (EU) decision to establish targets for energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy sources in the battle against global warming, saying the moves can help put the world’s energy systems on more sustainable footing.
Achim Steiner

UN environment chief hails push for protection of ozone layer to combat climate change

6 March 2007
The head of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has applauded the findings of a new study that calls for a “parallel push” to fight climate change and also to decrease chemicals harming the ozone layer which shields the Earth from harmful ultraviolet light.