climate change

Secretary-General ban Ki-moon addresses the UN Climate Change Conference in Lima, Peru.
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COP20: Ban Ki-moon hails delegates for paving way to 'meaningful' climate agreement

14 December 2014
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has hailed the outcome of a United Nations-backed climate conference recently concluded in Lima, Peru, praising delegates for setting the groundwork for a more conclusive agreement to be reached in 2015, a spokesperson for the Organization today announced.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) samples food prepared on fuel-efficient cook stoves at the UN Climate Change Conference in Lima, Peru.
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‘The more we delay, the more we will pay,’ says Ban, urging action on climate

11 December 2014
The more action that is taken today on climate change, the more likely countries will push for stronger agreements tomorrow, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told a high-level meeting today at the UN Climate Change Conference, known also as the 20th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 20).
Renewable energy: a thermo-solar power plant.
World Bank/Dana Smillie

‘Only by acting together’ will world transform climate challenge into opportunity – Ban

10 December 2014
Only by acting together will world leaders transform the climate challenge into an opportunity to fundamentally rethink how we grow our economies and create a safer, healthier, more liveable world, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today.
A massive, over 7-metre-high balloon, representing one tonne of carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>).
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At Lima climate talks, UN launches new coalition to promote renewable energy

10 December 2014
The launch of a new coalition spearheaded by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and focused on boosting renewable energy usage around the world was announced today as Member States head into the final three-day stretch of a major UN climate conference in Lima, Peru aimed at tackling the imminent threat of climate change.
Secretary-General ban Ki-moon addresses the UN Climate Change Conference in Lima, Peru.
UN Photo/Mark Garten

Ban urges Lima conference to agree draft text as basis for 2015 climate deal

9 December 2014
Urging the 20th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to “act now,” UN officials in Lima, Peru stressed today that fully tackling the impacts of man-made climate change requires a transformation – not mere “tinkering” with past agreements and pledges.
General Assembly President Sam Kutesa.
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Earth at ‘tipping point,’ UN General Assembly President warns, urging climate reform

8 December 2014
Planet earth is “moving towards the tipping point” warned the President of the United Nations General Assembly at UN climate talks in Peru, where he called for world leaders to take urgent action towards a climate agreement that promotes socio-economic development in a sustainable manner.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre) flanked by the Secretary General of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Raymond Benjamin (right) and the Mayor of Chicago Rahm Emanuel speaks at the opening of the extraordinary session of the ICAO Council.
UN Photo/Mark Garten

In Chicago, Ban says aviation body’s work vital to UN efforts on health, security, climate change

8 December 2014
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) helps the United Nations address some of the most pressing issues on the global agenda, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today during a ceremony in Chicago celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Chicago Convention.
The melting of ice sheets in Illulissat, Greenland, is accelerating.
UN Photo/Mark Garten

UN report urges more funds for climate change adaptation, warns on temperature rise

5 December 2014
Despite public funding of climate change adaptation measures reaching as high as $26 billion in 2012-2013, a new United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report predicts a significant funding gap after 2020 unless new and additional finance for adaptation is made available.
Floods wreaked havoc in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, in June 2014.
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2014 set to be hottest year on record, warns UN weather agency

3 December 2014
The United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO) today announced that 2014 is on track to becoming the hottest year ever recorded due to a combination of record-breaking global sea temperatures and record-high greenhouse gas emissions, amid wider warnings that the ravaging effects of climate change continue to impact the planet unabated.
Tokelau's low-lying Nukunonu Atoll, is vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.
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Lima conference set to ‘write history’ ahead of 2015 climate deadline, UN official says

1 December 2014
The international community “must write history” on climate action and build momentum towards a new universal agreement to be adopted in 2015, a senior United Nations official declared today as she opened a two-week UN climate conference held in Lima, Peru.