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Latin American, Caribbean countries have key role in tackling climate change – UN

1 February 2008
The top United Nations climate change official today highlighted the crucial role that Latin America and the Caribbean countries – which scientists believe will bear the brunt of the effects of global warming over the coming decades – will play in addressing the problem.

UN must coordinate action to address climate change, says new report

31 January 2008
The international community has recognized that the United Nations is “best suited” to tackle the pressing issue of climate change, and must step up cooperation across the system to meet the challenge, according to a new report made public today.

Caribbean coral reefs under increasing threat, warns UN agency

28 January 2008
Warming temperatures and increasing storms are posing serious threats to Caribbean coral reefs and the people who depend on them for their livelihoods, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said today.

Climate change heads talks between Assembly President and Australian official

25 January 2008
Climate change, globally agreed anti-poverty targets and financing for development topped the agenda during talks today between General Assembly President Srgjan Kerim and Australia’s Foreign Minister.

Updated UN strategy to monitor climate change with dozens of satellites

11 January 2008
The United Nations meteorological agency is to present an updated strategy for tracking severe weather and changes to the Earth’s climate with dozens of new satellites at a meeting of top officials of international space agencies next week.

Ban Ki-moon mourns death of pioneering climate change scientist

4 January 2008
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today paid tribute to Bert Bolin – a pioneering scientist on global warming and co-founder of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – who has passed away at the age of 82.

Rich and poor nations must forge ahead to tackle climate change – UN official

18 December 2007
After the successful conclusion of the landmark United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali, Indonesia, developed and developing countries alike must continue to build on the momentum generated by the meeting, an official from the world body said today.

General Assembly president lauds Bali climate change breakthrough

17 December 2007
The President of the General Assembly today welcomed this weekend’s outcome at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali, Indonesia, where nearly 200 countries agreed to launch a two-year process of formal negotiations to tackle the problem of global warming.

Secretary-General Ban welcomes climate change breakthrough in Bali

15 December 2007
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the outcome of the landmark United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali, Indonesia, in which 187 countries today agreed to launch a two-year process of formal negotiations on strengthening international efforts to fight, mitigate and adapt to the problem of global warming.

Climate change has no respect for borders and affects all, says Ban Ki-moon

14 December 2007
Global warming impacts everyone regardless of national borders, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, calling on negotiators at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali, Indonesia, to overcome differences and agree on a road map to tackle the issue.