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Ban Ki-moon

Ban Ki-moon to participate in next month’s climate change conference in Bali

29 November 2007
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is heading to the Indonesian island of Bali next month, where world leaders will gather for a major conference on climate change, to try to press for a breakthrough in the international negotiations on devising a comprehensive agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

UN-backed tree-planting drive hits 1 billion goal ahead of climate change talks

28 November 2007
One billion trees have been planted under a drive backed by the United Nations and the World Agroforestry Centre, hitting the milestone as planned ahead of next month's international climate change conference in Bali.

Information technology can be harnessed against climate change, UN meeting told

27 November 2007
Information and communication technologies (ICT) are largely contributing to climate change but also hold the key to tackling it, several experts and industry figures told a conference today at United Nations headquarters in New York.

Emissions in rich countries hit all-time high, finds UN climate change group

20 November 2007
The total greenhouse gas emissions of 40 industrialized countries reached an all-time high in 2005, driven by rising economic growth in those nations, according to the latest data submitted to the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Han Seung-soo

Asia-Pacific region needs sustainable growth, UN climate change envoy says

19 November 2007
The United Nations Secretary General's Special Envoy on Climate Change, Han Seung-soo, today in Bangkok called on countries in the region to pursue sustainable growth.

UN maritime agency to intensify work on greenhouse gas emissions

16 November 2007
The head of the United Nations International Maritime Organization (IMO) today called for accelerating the agency's work on greenhouse gas emissions from ships.

Oil-producing States need not fear climate change measures, says UN official

15 November 2007
The international battle against the effects of global warming represents a war against emissions rather than oil, the top United Nations climate change official today told a gathering of the world’s oil producers.
Ban Ki-moon and Prime Minister Zapatero of Spain

On latest stop of tour, Ban Ki-moon discusses climate change with Spanish leader

14 November 2007
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon held talks about the pressing global issue of climate change today with the Spanish Prime Minister during the latest leg of an international trip that has already taken the United Nations chief to Antarctica and South America.

UN tourism agency meets to build support on climate change

13 November 2007
More than 100 government ministers are meeting today in London at a United Nations-organized tourism summit to consider ratifying a declaration on climate change that has been recommended by environmental experts.

Secretary-General calls on people of faith for support in climate change battle

13 November 2007
People of faith can help inspire millions of others worldwide to take better care of the planet, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, calling for a concerted global effort against climate change.