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Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change

Greenhouse gases from industrialized countries rise after 1990s drop, UN reports

17 November 2008
Greenhouse gas emissions of 40 industrialized countries rose by 2.3 per cent between 2000 and 2006, while still about 5 per cent below the 1990 level, according to United Nations figures released today, two weeks before a major review conference on the issue.
Nukunonu Atoll seaside, one of the regions of the world vulnerable to climate change

New UN initiative to help governments tackle climate change problems

5 November 2008
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched a new initiative to help both national governments and local regions strengthen their capacity to deal with the challenges posed by climate change.

Carbon financing scheme can boost farming, reduce global warming – UN expert

28 October 2008
Agricultural experts met today to discuss how the sector can tap into the billions of dollars available every year under the United Nations-sponsored Kyoto Protocol – aimed at reducing global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions – to improve the lives of poor farmers from around the world.

Young artists raise thousands for UNICEF at auction of paintings

26 October 2008
Child artists from around the world have raised $21,000 for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to spend on climate-related disasters by auctioning off 26 of their paintings in New York last night.

Climate change poses ‘defining challenge’ of our time, Ban says

7 October 2008
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today warned of the dangers of the fight against the climate change – which he characterized as the “defining challenge of our era” – getting bogged down by shorter-term problems, such as the current global financial turmoil.
Festus Mogae, former president of Botswana

Two new UN envoys chosen to spearhead progress on climate change

18 September 2008
The former leader of Botswana and the immediate outgoing president of the United Nations General Assembly have been appointed as Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s new Special Envoys on climate change, an issue that has been one of his top priorities since taking office last year.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
UN Photo/Mark Garten

Restoring ozone layer could ring in health, economic benefits – Ban

16 September 2008
Repairing the Earth’s badly-damaged ozone layer is not only to be undertaken in times of economic prosperity, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, stressing that depleting substances harmful to the layer could propel health, social and economic progress.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses reporters at press conference

On 20th anniversary, Ban hails Nobel prize-winning UN climate panel

31 August 2008
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today paid tribute to the accomplishments of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), co-recipient of last year's Nobel Peace Prize, as he marked its 20th anniversary.
Latest round of UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Accra, Ghana

New UN-backed report warns of costs of inaction on climate change

22 August 2008
Government leaders must take urgent action to ensure that weather-related hazards, which are becoming more intense and frequent due to climate change, do not lead to a corresponding rise in disasters, a new United Nations-backed report released today said.

Youth plea for more action to combat climate change in their own words – UNDP

11 August 2008
A new United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report showcases the voices of young people worldwide on how they view climate change and what they believe are the best means to tackle the issue.