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New ‘cool’ initiative to slash UN’s own emission of greenhouse gases

30 July 2008
In a bid to have the United Nations lead by example, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today unveiled “Cool UN,” a three-pronged initiative which seeks to limit the use of air conditioning, slash greenhouse gas emissions and save money.
A scientist measures the soil humidity

New global soil database can help tackle climate change, food insecurity – UN

21 July 2008
A new database on the world’s soils offers insights that can be helpful in addressing climate change and food production, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri, head of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Climate change expert named Goodwill Ambassador for UN industrial agency

14 July 2008
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has named Rajendra K. Pachauri, the head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), as one of its Goodwill Ambassadors.

Latest UN climate change talks end with calls for speedier negotiations

13 June 2008
The latest round of United Nations-sponsored global climate change talks ended today in Bonn, Germany, with calls to step up the pace of negotiations in the run up to next year’s crucial summit in Copenhagen.
Srgjan Kerim, President of the 62nd session of the General Assembly

Private investment key in tackling climate change, says Assembly President

9 June 2008
With trillions of dollars needed to combat climate change in coming decades, private investments are essential, General Assembly President Srgjan Kerim said today.

On World Environment Day, UN officials call for end to carbon addiction

5 June 2008
Top United Nations officials have marked World Environment Day by urging individuals, companies and governments alike to kick their addiction to carbon dioxide, a main contributor to global warming.

Latest round of UN climate change talks kicks off in Germany

2 June 2008
Talks on strengthening international action on global warming have begun in Bonn, Germany under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Primary school pupils planting trees at a Wilderness Education Centre in Kenya

‘Billion Tree Campaign’ blossoms to seven times its size, UN agency says

13 May 2008
A grassroots campaign to plant trees around the globe has announced that it is raising its target from 1 billion trees to 7 billion trees, the United Nations announced today.

UN-backed summit to spotlight private sector’s role in tackling climate change

12 May 2008
The United Nations will take part in a global meeting next year to assess how a new global climate change policy can also address the needs of the business community, it was announced today.

Climate change could imperil poverty goals, ECOSOC hears

2 May 2008
The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) should send a strong message that efforts to achieve the anti-poverty Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) could be reversed if climate change is not addressed, its President Léo Mérorès told Council members today.