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
Former Norway and Ghana leaders appointed UN climate change envoys
Ban Ki-moon names former President of Ghana John Kufuor and former Prime Minister of Norway Jens Stoltenberg to fill the roles
Ban Ki-moon: Typhoon Haiyan a climate ‘wake-up call’
UN chief says people “feeling wrath of warming planet”, and calls on China, EU and USA to drive forward negotiations in Warsaw
Australian bushfires linked to climate change – UN official
Morning summary: UN official says Australian bush fires linked to global warming; airborne pollution soars in China; Keystone pipeline set to earn Koch brothers billions
Ban Ki-moon accepts Pacific Island climate declaration
Marshall Islands leader presents Majuro Declaration to UN General-Secretary to complement his own efforts to catalyze climate action
Aviation central to tackling climate change, says Ban Ki-moon
UN Secretary General urges states to hasten towards aviation agreements, as high level meetings commence in Montreal
UN bids for leadership role in ‘age of sustainable development’
New report claims UN is only organisation able to implement Sustainable Development Goals that are set to guide economic thinking until 2050
Marshall Islands President would rather drown than abandon country
Pacific Island leaders set to sign declaration that they will take initiative at UN climate change talks
Ban Ki-moon puts sustainability at heart of post-2015 UN agenda
In a report ahead of talks on Millennium Development Goals, UN Secretary General highlights importance of sustainable development
Comment: UN needs to work out a Plan B for climate change
Joy Hyvarinen from FIELD argues that Ban Ki Moon’s high-level political forum on sustainable development must tackle rising emissions as a priority
UN chief asks youth groups for help with climate challenge
Ban Ki Moon tells youth groups at UN climate talks in Bonn they must use their power at the ballot box to keep pressure on politicians
Ban Ki-moon hails work of climate scientists
Morning Summary: UN Secretary General says issue has risen up the agenda due to their work as “facts don’t lie”
Ban Ki-moon could oversee climate target debate
EU suggests UN meeting of world leaders could host debate to set emission reduction targets by end of 2014
Governments face uphill struggle to hit UN energy goals – report
Assessment of the sustainable energy challenge suggests rate of electrification for the poorest must double
Ban Ki-moon: World on course to run out of water
Writing to mark International Day for Biological Diversity, the UN secretary general says water security and biodiversity are mutually reinforcing
UAE funds Africa’s largest solar power plant
Abu Dhabi based energy institute Masdar builds $32m solar farm in Mauritania that will add 10% to the country’s electricity generation
Ban Ki Moon praise for Thatcher climate leadership
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Tackling climate change can help end poverty – report
A United Nations scheme intended to guarantee everyone access to clean energy could help to keep global temperature rise below 2°C say researchers
Ban Ki-moon weighs into finance debate at Doha climate talks
COP18: UN Secretary-General labels Green Climate Fund “an empty shell” and demands governments build trust with financial commitments.
Ban Ki-moon accuses governments of being wilfully blind to dangers of climate change
UN Secretary-General joins Presidents of vulnerable island states in climate rallying call at UN General Assembly.
Ban Ki-moon outlines goals for Sustainable Energy for All project
World Bank and Bank of America chiefs take up top jobs with Kandeh Yumkella appointed as Chief Executive
The price of climate change: What can the carbon economy do to cut emissions?
With the price of carbon consistently recording new lows has the experiment failed and what other financial tools could serve the planet better?
Ban Ki Moon: Rio+20 was a success and leaves a concrete and lasting legacy
UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon has hit back at critics of the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development by claiming it was an important victory for multilateralism
Rio+20: UN chief tells nations ‘not to waste opportunity’ at sustainable development summit
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon warns delegates at Sustainable Development summit that this represents last chance to save environment
Governments key to Rio+20 sustainable energy plans says IEA
Maria van der Hoeven, executive director of the IEA says that much of the technology to deliver on Ban Ki-moon’s Sustainable Energy for All project is available leaving governments to roll-out the right policies.