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Michael Bloomberg to be UN Envoy on cities and climate change
2014-02-04 14:40:04| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Time: Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is expected to be the United Nations special envoy for cities and climate change. Reuters, citing unnamed sources, reports that United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is expected to announce his choice as early as Friday. Ban is said to be keen to re-energize the global climate change debate and boost the United Nations role in climate negotiations, Reuters reports. Bloomberg boasts strong environmental credentials, having made combating...
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Michael Bloomberg confirmed UN climate change envoy
2014-02-03 11:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Michael Bloomberg has been appointed as the United Nations Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change in an attempt to help galvanise international action to cut emissions ahead of a series of crucial climate summits over the next two years. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon confirmed on Friday that the former Mayor of New York will now play a key role in promoting green city policies ahead of his next major climate change summit in New York. The meeting is intended to try and unlock some of the...
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Bloomberg named envoy for cities, climate change
2014-02-01 16:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
WSBT: The billionaire media mogul has been appointed special envoy for cities and climate change, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced Friday. "He's starting right away and he'll be pushing for action in the cities and raising the profile of cities," said U.N. Public Information Officer Dan Shepard. For his efforts, Bloomberg will be paid $1 per year, Shepard said in a telephone interview. Bloomberg will assist Ban in consultations with mayors and others "to raise political will...
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Bloomberg tapped to be UN cities, climate change envoy: report
2014-01-31 15:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg was appointed Friday to be the U.N. special envoy for cities and climate change, a position that will give the billionaire businessman and philanthropist an international stage to press for action to combat global warming. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon chose Bloomberg, who made combating climate change a major focus of his 12 years as mayor and was very outspoken on how cities should be run to cope with ever increasing populations without harming the environment....
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United Nations appoints former NYC Mayor Bloomberg cities, climate change envoy
2014-01-31 11:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday appointed former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg as his special envoy for cities and climate change, in a bid to build momentum ahead of a planned U.N. summit meeting in September. Ban said Bloomberg will assist him in "consultations with mayors and related key stakeholders, in order to raise political will and mobilize action among cities as part of his long-term strategy to advance efforts on climate change." Ban is seeking to re-energize...
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