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Ban Ki-Moon Shifts Focus in Climate Change Fight |
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Friday, January 28, 2011 |
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Electronic and Mobile Government, Citizen Engagement, Internet Governance
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Jan 31, 2011 |
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“UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is shifting his focus away from involvement in international climate change talks and towards new areas in the fight against global warming…. Ban is to redirect his efforts from trying to push forward the international climate change negotiations to a broader agenda of promoting clean energy and sustainable development, UN officials told Britain's Guardian newspaper. After his deep involvement with the failed Copenhagen summit in 2009, Ban realized world leaders were not going to strike a sweeping agreement on global warming in the next few years, the officials said….” [Agence France Presse/Factiva]
The Guardian adds that “…UN officials say Ban now believes there are more immediate gains to be made from mobilizing international finance to support a green economy in developing countries than in trying to persuade world leaders to commit to deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.
The UN view will dismay developing countries who fought at Copenhagen and last year's summit at Cancun for a renewal of commitment to the Kyoto protocol. Ban will no longer be deeply involved in the negotiations leading up to the next big UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, meeting in Durban in December 2011….” [The Guardian (UK)]
In related news, AP reports that “…Ban said Friday the current economic model is an environmental ‘global suicide pact' that will result in disaster if it isn't reformed…. ‘We need a revolution,’ the UN Secretary-General told a panel at the World Economic Forum on how best to make the global economy sustainable. ‘Climate change is also showing us that the old model is more than obsolete.’
He called the current economic model a recipe for ‘national disaster’ and said: ‘We are running out of time. Time to tackle climate change, time to ensure sustainable ... growth.’…” [Associated Press/Factiva]
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Ban Ki-Moon Shifts Focus in Climate Change Fight “UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is shifting his focus away from involvement in international climate change talks and towards new areas in the fight against global warming… Ban is to redirect his efforts from trying to push forward the international climate change negotiations to a broader agenda of promoting clean energy and sustainable development UN officials told Britain's Guardian newspaper After his deep involvement with the failed Copenhagen summit in 2009 Ban realized world leaders were not going to strike a sweeping agreement on global warming in the next few years the officials said….” Agence France Presse/Factiva
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