Ban 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
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Ban 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
Former 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
Ban 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
“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
Ban 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
UN handed masterplan to tackle climate change
NEWS: New study says 15 countries could hold key to ensuring world avoids dangerous levels of warming
Africa’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
Sustainable 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
Abbott 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
Ban Ki-moon: China must offer global climate ‘leadership’
NEWS: UN Secretary General hails Chinese efforts to combat climate change during trip to Shanghai
Ban 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?
Support 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
Earth 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
Ban 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
US, 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
Ban 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
Ban 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
Mike 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
EU climate chief says regional unity vital for 2015 Paris deal
European governments can “pressurise” heads of states into climate action says Connie Hedegaard
UN 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
Urban 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
Ban 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
Climate 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