UN Climate Change Summit Suceeded Un Spotlighting Urgency of Action

New York, Sep 23 2009  8:10PM

The United Nations climate change summit convened by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon succeeded in mobilizing political will ahead of a major conference later this year by focusing the attention of world leaders on the urgent need for action on global warming, a senior official said today.

Yesterday’s summit was the largest-ever high-level gathering on the issue – attended by over 100 world leaders – and was part of Mr. Ban’s efforts to mobilize momentum as governments work to ‘seal the deal’ on an ambitious new agreement to curb greenhouse gas emissions at the UN climate change conference to be held in December in Copenhagen, Denmark.

“I think it’s safe to say we achieved our goals,” Robert Orr, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Planning, told a news conference. “The summit did, most certainly, mobilize significant political will at the highest level and it did focus heads of State and government on the urgency for action.”

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