Jul 19, 2016 NewsBan Ki-moon calls on world to unite behind Paris climate deal UN encourages countries to ratify Paris deal, as US weather agency NOAA reports June heat shattered global records
Jan 19, 2015 PoliticsBan Ki-moon appoints WWF’s Janos Pasztor as climate advisor NEWS: WWF conservation and science expert will advise UN secretary general in approach to Paris talks
Feb 20, 2018 PoliticsFormer UN chief Ban Ki-moon to lead global ‘green growth’ push The diplomatic heavyweight, who oversaw UN climate and sustainable development deals, will join Seoul-based organisation as its chair and president
Dec 9, 2014 PoliticsBan Ki-moon optimistic Lima summit can deliver climate deal NEWS: UN secretary general sees evidence countries are working better together thanks to leaders summit he hosted in September
Nov 12, 2014 Comment“This is a matter of our race’s existence and extinction” COMMENT: A letter from a schoolgirl on the sinking Seychelles to the UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon
Nov 2, 2014 PoliticsBan Ki-moon: World leaders are ready to sign climate deal NEWS: Political landscape is different from disastrous attempt to sign climate deal in 2009, says UN secretary general
Jul 8, 2014 ScienceUN handed masterplan to tackle climate change NEWS: New study says 15 countries could hold key to ensuring world avoids dangerous levels of warming
Jun 27, 2014 NewsAfrica’s leaders need to be vocal on climate urgency – Ban Ki-moon NEWS: Climate vulnerable nations need to take leadership role or face severe impacts says UN chief
Jun 24, 2014 PoliticsSustainable development goals face $2.5 trillion funding shortfall NEWS: UN report says climate, poverty and health targets will require huge cash injection from private sector to succeed
Jun 12, 2014 FinanceAbbott declines invite to Ban Ki-moon climate summit NEWS: Australian prime minister says he will not be among world leaders attending climate summit in New York
May 20, 2014 NewsBan Ki-moon: China must offer global climate ‘leadership’ NEWS: UN Secretary General hails Chinese efforts to combat climate change during trip to Shanghai
May 12, 2014 PoliticsBan Ki-moon’s UN climate summit: starting to take shape? ANALYSIS: World leaders will gather in New York in September for a much hyped Climate Summit. Are they ready?
May 6, 2014 PoliticsSupport builds for global carbon price at Abu Dhabi Ascent NEWS: World Bank and Al Gore call for ‘polluter pays’ principle to be implemented across global economy
Apr 22, 2014 NewsEarth Day: Ban Ki-moon urges voters to push for tough climate action NEWS: Secretary General’s Earth Day message calls on people to “encourage” heads of state ahead of UN summit in September
Apr 3, 2014 PoliticsBan Ki-moon: world leaders ‘narrow minded’ on climate change NEWS: Crises in Syria and Ukraine have distracted world leaders from the urgency of climate change, says UN Secretary General
Apr 2, 2014 NewsUS, China and EU agree to cooperate on UN climate treaty NEWS: High-level meetings at the EU see world’s three largest emitters agree to strengthen discussions on 2015 Paris treaty
Mar 27, 2014 PoliticsBan Ki-moon urges end to climate change ‘silence’ NEWS: Speaking during Greenland visit, UN Secretary General says he wants to work closely with world leaders on climate issue
Mar 21, 2014 PoliticsBan Ki-moon hails 20th birthday of UN’s climate change body UN Secretary General calls for renewed efforts to cut greenhouse gases on the twentieth anniversary of the UN’s climate body
Feb 21, 2014 PoliticsMike Bloomberg is ideal man to “serve humanity”, says Ban Ki-moon UN Secretary General hails the experience and leadership of newly appointed Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change
Feb 7, 2014 NewsEU climate chief says regional unity vital for 2015 Paris deal European governments can “pressurise” heads of states into climate action says Connie Hedegaard
Feb 6, 2014 PoliticsUN climate chief Figueres hails potential of Ban Ki-moon envoy Bloomberg World leaders can expect a call from from the former New York Mayor unless they take urgent action on climate change
Feb 4, 2014 NatureUrban leaders gather for C40 cities and climate summit in South Africa Mayors of the world’s leading cities met in Johannesburg this week to discuss solutions to climate change
Jan 31, 2014 NatureBan Ki-moon selects Bloomberg as cities and climate change envoy Former NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg latest high-profile appointment as UN pushes for ambitious global deal
Jan 16, 2014 ScienceClimate and nuclear threats leave world ‘five minutes to midnight’ Doomsday Clock at ‘five minutes to midnight’ say scientists in letter to UN chief Ban Ki-moon