UN chief warns on climate change
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says global warming poses at least as big a threat to the world as war.
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger had the same message on Monday at a special session on climate change, urging quick action to stem emissions that heat the planet.
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Hundreds of millions of livelihoods will be affected by the world's declining ice and snow cover, the UN warns.
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The head of the United Nations, the governor of California and the star of "An Inconvenient Truth" spoke with one voice on Monday, urging quick global action to stem emissions that heat the planet.
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One of the world's top business leaders expresses his fears over the "daunting" challenge of climate change.
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The United Nations on Wednesday urged the international community to do more to fight global climate change as host Argentine President Nestor Kirchner indirectly took aim at foot-dragging by the United States.
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The U.N. climate panel issued its strongest warning yet on Friday that human activities are heating the planet, adding pressure on governments to do more to combat accelerating global warming.
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The world's poor, who are the least responsible for global warming, will suffer the most from climate change, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told environment ministers from around the world on Monday.
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The U.N. climate panel agreed its strongest warning yet on Thursday that human activities are causing global warming that may bring more droughts, heatwaves and rising seas, delegates said.
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The world's poor, who are the least responsible for global warming, will suffer the most from the effects of climate change, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told global environment ministers on Monday.
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The world faces a surge in extreme weather events because of global warming and governments must act immediately to avert disaster, Britain's chief scientist said on Tuesday.
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The Earth's climate is out of balance and warming as a result of human activities, a leading science body warns.
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The international community must respond more quickly to climate change, species extinction, dwindling supplies of fresh water and other threats to the planet, the U.N. Environment Program warned Thursday.
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Leaders of the Group of Eight leading industrial nations should formulate a concrete plan to tackle climate change at their summit this week, former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Tuesday.
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UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon issues a warning to the world.
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said a one-day high-level meeting on climate change on Monday was a turning point in the battle against global warming.
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UN findings name human activity as 'very likely' cause of 'unequivocal' climate change.