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Ban Ki-moon to discuss climate change in China
2014-05-15 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Voice of Russia: UN chief Ban Ki-moon will leave for China at the end of the week to discuss the nation's role in combating climate change. During his trip to Beijing and Shanghai, which begins Saturday, Ban will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang and Foreign Minister Wang Yi. He will also participate in a regional forum in Shanghai, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Wednesday. "A big focus of the trip will be the upcoming climate change summit (scheduled for late September in New...
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Ban Ki-moon: Davos summit can set tone for UN climate talks
2014-01-24 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: This years World Economic Forum in Davos should be the launching ground for a campaign to develop a lasting solution to climate change, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday. Praising the European Unions ambition for making a pledge to cut emissions 40% by 2030, Ban added he wanted other leading economies to come forward and make similar commitments by the time the UNs annual climate summit opens in Lima. By the time of Peru we need to have a concrete draft document so...
Ban Ki-moon seeks bold climate pledges at 2014 summit; not a deadline
2013-11-21 09:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged world leaders on Thursday to make "bold pledges" for cuts in greenhouse gases by next September to guide a deal to fight climate change but acknowledged that many nations would be late. Ban also told Reuters that rich nations' promises at U.N. climate talks in Warsaw for new funds to help the poor tackle more heatwaves, floods and rising sea levels caused by global warming were "insufficient". Ban will host a one-day summit in New York on September 23,...
Ban Ki-moon says current climate pledges are insufficient to fight global warming
2013-11-20 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday urged governments to put forth more ambitious plans to cut carbon emissions, saying "current pledges are simply inadequate.' Speaking to a U.N. climate conference in Warsaw, Ban said countries need to "set the bar higher' as they negotiate a new global climate agreement that is supposed to be adopted in Paris in 2015. He asked countries to bring announcements on climate action to a special summit of world leaders in New York next September. "From...
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Ban Ki-moon Calls More Funding to Combat Climate Change
2013-10-14 20:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called upon the international community to quickly boost its financial investment in the fight against climate change, calling for an increase in funding for climate-change-combating technologies, practices and policies. Sunday, during the annual meeting of the International Development Finance Club (IFDC), the Secretary General called climate change "the greatest single threat to sustainable development." He said that addressing climate change...
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