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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

UN Climate Change Conference represents crossroads, Secretary-General says

11 December 2007
The negotiations at the historic United Nations Climate Change Conference under way in Bali, Indonesia, represent a turning point in the fight against global warming, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today.

Climate change threatening mountain ecosystems – UN

11 December 2007
Global warming is harming mountain ecosystems as melting glaciers increase the frequency of flooding and raise the spectre of conflict, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned today on the International Day of Mountains.

Secretary-General says tackling climate change a 'historical responsibility'

10 December 2007
Addressing the issue of climate change is a "historical responsibility" we have to our descendants centuries from now, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today.

At UN conference, small island countries seek action on climate change

9 December 2007
Small island States today called on industrialized countries to take a leadership role at the Bali Climate Change Conference and adopt targets to keep the world from warming past the point where catastrophic impacts would occur.

New UN report points to power of renewable energy to mitigate carbon emissions

8 December 2007
Renewable energy is increasingly being used as a mainstream alternative to the fossil fuels which are responsible for greenhouse gas emissions, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says in a new report.

Negotiators at UN Climate Change Conference press forward on key issues

7 December 2007
Climate change talks in Bali aimed at charting a roadmap for action moved ahead today with focused negotiations on the key elements aimed at guiding the process that will continue after the Conference ends.

Negotiators in talks on core climate change issues at UN Conference

6 December 2007
Special negotiating groups created at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali are discussing the elements of a future roadmap for tackling the problem, technology transfer, deforestation and practical action on adaptation strategies for countries coping with adverse effects.

Increased employment could be climate change's silver lining – UN

6 December 2007
Despite the detrimental effects brought on by climate change, new industries to combat global warming could spur employment, the head of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said today.
Ban Ki-moon briefs journalists

UN Climate Change Conference is 'test of our collective will' – Ban Ki-moon

6 December 2007
As he prepares to depart for the landmark United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali, Indonesia, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged world leaders at the meeting – which he characterized as a "test of our collective will" – to negotiate an agenda to create a new deal to tackle global warming.

World's poor need action on climate change, UN official tells Bali meeting

5 December 2007
A senior United Nations official told the UN Climate Change Conference in Bali today that any delay in addressing the issue of adaptation could be called “an attack on the poor.”