U.N. chief urged to call climate summit
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The top U.N. official for the environment asked Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday to convene an international summit to combat climate change, an official said, joining a chorus of world leaders and ...Comment
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UNITED NATIONS -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed hope Thursday that the &quot;active debate&quot; in the U.S. administration and Congress on global warming will spur the United States to take a leadership role in combatting climate change.The U.N.
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The science is clear and the time short, but the political will is lacking to confront global warming, the U.N. secretary-general said Tuesday.
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Inuit hunters threatened by an accelerating thaw of the Arctic want to amend a U.N. convention to put pressure on Washington to do more to slow global warming, an Inuit leader said on Thursday.
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European countries hurled down a challenge at a UN summit on climate change here Monday, calling for the world to set a goal of halving global greenhouse-gas pollution by 2050.
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Fighting global warming will get tougher once the Kyoto protocol ends in 2012 and the world must try to get Washington involved in the long term, the head of the U.N. Environment Program said on Wednesday.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and former U.S. Vice President Al Gore urged the EU to lead the fight against global warming ahead of a summit that is due to pledge to slash greenhouse gases but leave key ...Comment
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At a meeting of world leaders Monday, Ban Ki-moon said that the moment to act on climate change was now.
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UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 24--U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon said Monday that a 15-year international effort to stem global warming has failed to halt the buildup of greenhouse emissions and called for governments to undertake "unprecedented action" to reverse the trend.
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he will ask President Bush on Tuesday to have a top U.S. official attend a high-level U.N. meeting on climate change in September because "American participation is crucially important."
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The world faces a global warming disaster if the United States and China do not take decisive action to cut greenhouse gas emissions, a leading economist said at the U.N. Friday.
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World scientists gather next week to discuss the climate change crisis threatening the planet amid stark warnings that the time for talking is over and action is urgently needed.
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UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 24 -- U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Monday that a 15-year international effort to stem global warming has not halted the buildup of greenhouse gas emissions and that governments must take "unprecedented action" to reverse the trend.
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The United Nations conference looked to be heading for a landmark agreement on a deadline for negotiations to reduce the worldâs greenhouse gases, officials said.
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Al Gore on Thursday delivered a rousing call for the world to take strong action to fight climate change without the United States, accusing his country of scuttling a key UN conference in Bali.
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Britain's foreign secretary  warned at the United Nations on Friday that climate change was  a growing threat to international security and the world  economy, saying the next 10 years would be crucial.
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UNITED NATIONS, March 1 -- U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon argued Thursday that global warming poses as great a threat to the world as modern warfare, and he vowed to make reduction of greenhouse gases one of his tenure's top priorities.