Efforts must be intensified to assist the world’s least developed countries and small island developing States, the most vulnerable nations in the world to the impact of climate change, a top United Nations official said today.
An Inuit activist whose tireless advocacy has raised global awareness about the devastating impact of climate change on Arctic communities will receive a prestigious lifetime achievement award from the United Nations today.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called climate change a “defining issue of our era,” and welcomed the agreement by the world’s richest nations to address the threat as an “important first step.”
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed today’s agreement by the “Group of Eight” leading industrialized nations to effectively tackle climate change, and to pursue related negotiations under United Nations auspices.
Risk reduction is critical to addressing climate change and other hazards, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a message to an expert meeting being held in Geneva to address the issue.
As the only global forum, the United Nations is uniquely positioned to forge a common approach to combating climate change, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today.
United Nations agencies and their partners are calling on the world’s leading industrialized nations, on the eve of their Group of Eight (G8) summit, to take bold steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect biodiversity.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today praised a call by the United States for a summit of the countries that have the world’s biggest emissions of greenhouse gases to discuss the growing threat posed by climate change.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on students around the globe to join the fight against climate change, warning of the implications of the grave and growing scourge for future generations.
