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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
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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