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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.
Climate change

Science panel’s report for UN outlines plan for cutting risks from climate change

27 February 2007
Improved transportation systems, tighter building codes and financing for energy-efficiency investments are among the measures recommended in a new scientific report on coping with climate change that was prepared at the request of the United Nations.

Global warming at North, South Poles comes under microscope in UN-backed research

26 February 2007
The largest polar research programme in 50 years, with a major focus on global warming, gets under way this week with United Nations support as thousands of scientists from over 60 countries prepare to carry out 220 science and outreach projects in both the north and south polar regions.

Action needed now to mitigate future disasters caused by global warming – UN

7 February 2007
Seeking to counter the potentially catastrophic impact of global warming, a United Nations body entrusted with mitigating natural disasters, such as cyclones, tsunamis and earthquakes, today called on Governments to speed up implementation of a two-year-old accord to reduce the risks facing millions of people exposed to climate-caused calamites.
Climate change

Evidence is now ‘unequivocal’ that humans are causing global warming – UN report

2 February 2007
Changes in the atmosphere, the oceans and glaciers and ice caps now show unequivocally that the world is warming due to human activities, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said in new report released today in Paris.

New climate change report should spur speedy global action – UN official

2 February 2007
A new expert report confirming the existence of global warming and asserting that it is likely driven by human activities should eliminate any doubt that speedy and decisive action is needed in response, the senior United Nations climate change official said today.

UN officials urge global push to reverse environmental damage

2 February 2007
Top United Nations officials today called for international action to reverse environmental damage across the planet, stressing that the world body can play a key role in this effort.

Baseless fear of economic hardship hampers efforts to curb climate change – UN official

22 January 2007
A lack of global leadership on climate change, stemming from an unwarranted fear of economic hardship, is seriously hampering efforts to combat global warming, the top United Nations official dealing with the issue has warned.
Ban Ki-moon (R) and Yvo de Boer

UN official proposes global summit on climate change to plan next steps

16 January 2007
The head of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) today proposed the convening of a global summit backed by the UN to plan a future course of action for tackling the cross-cutting problem.