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Ban Ki-moon

Decisive global action needed to combat climate change, say top UN officials

31 July 2007
Top United Nations officials joined leading experts today in urging decisive action on a global scale to combat the challenges posed by climate change.

In first plenary on climate change, General Assembly to seek speedy action

30 July 2007
The United Nations General Assembly tomorrow opens its first-ever plenary session devoted exclusively to climate change, seeking to translate the growing scientific consensus on the problem into a broad political consensus for action following alarming UN reports earlier this year on its potentially devastating effects.
Forests store CO<sup>2</sup> helping alleviate climate change

Secretary-General issues strong call for action to combat climate change

27 July 2007
Warning that failure to act on climate change will have grave consequences for all countries, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today in San Francisco called for urgent international action to address the problem within the framework of the United Nations.
Ban Ki-Moon and Governor Arnold Swartzenegger

In California, Ban Ki-moon hails local initiatives to foster energy efficiency

27 July 2007
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, in California on a trip aimed at spotlighting the issue of climate change, today praised the state for taking measures to foster energy efficiency and invited Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to United Nations talks on the issue this September.
Abdoulie Janneh and Achim Steiner

Two UN arms join forces to examine economic costs of climate change to Africa

23 July 2007
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) today announced their intent to work together on African environment-related issues, including the economic costs of climate change and financing the shift to a low-carbon economy.

Asian-Pacific countries discuss responses to climate change at UN-backed meeting

18 July 2007
A United Nations-backed meeting on how Asian-Pacific countries can mitigate the impacts of climate change began today in Seoul, where participants called for action to foster sustainable growth.
Ban Ki-moon ( left ) speaks to reporters

Ban Ki-moon invites US President Bush to attend UN climate change debate

17 July 2007
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today invited United States President George W. Bush to attend a high-level United Nations debate on climate change to be held this fall.

Ban Ki-moon says climate change will be key topic in talks with US President

16 July 2007
On the eve of his meeting in Washington, D.C. with United States President George W. Bush, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said the two will discuss climate change ahead of a special session on the issue planned for September in New York and a global conference to be held two months later in Bali.