U.N. Chief Urged to Call Climate Summit
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The top U.N. official for the environment asked Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday to convene an international summit to combat climate change, an official said, joining a chorus of world leaders and ...Comment
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U.N. Secretary General Ban  Ki-moon said on Monday he would press U.S. President George W.  Bush over climate change when they meet in Washington on  Tuesday.
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The United Nations says momentum is building for broader long-term action to fight global warming beyond the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol and a climate meeting starting in Vienna on Monday will be a crucial test.
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday urged all nations to join private companies, civic groups and individuals this year in sustaining "the unprecedented momentum" to fight global warming.
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President Bush called today for the 15 countries that are major producers of greenhouse gases to confer this fall and adopt a common goal on curbing emissions.
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The United Nations says momentum is building for tougher long-term action to fight global warming beyond the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol and a climate meeting starting in Vienna on Monday will be a crucial part of the process.
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The U.N. climate chief predicted Wednesday that the world will reach the goal of cutting greenhouse gases 50 percent by 2050 and said the U.S. economic slowdown should spur governments to take bolder action in confronting global warming.
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Britain's foreign secretary  warned at the United Nations on Friday that climate change was  a growing threat to international security and the world  economy, saying the next 10 years would be crucial.
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UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 24--U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon said Monday that a 15-year international effort to stem global warming has failed to halt the buildup of greenhouse emissions and called for governments to undertake "unprecedented action" to reverse the trend.
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Kenya&#39;s Nobel Peace Prize winner, Wangari Maathai, on Monday urged wealthy nations to ratify the Kyoto protocol on climate change to ease the burden of pollution on poor countries.
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Former Vice President Al Gore on Monday called for immediate action to stop global warming, calling the phenomenon a "climate crisis" that demands attention from American leaders.
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The United Nations on Wednesday urged the international community to do more to fight global climate change as host Argentine President Nestor Kirchner indirectly took aim at foot-dragging by the United States.
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Al Gore on Thursday delivered a rousing call for the world to take strong action to fight climate change without the United States, accusing his country of scuttling a key UN conference in Bali.
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World scientists gather next week to discuss the climate change crisis threatening the planet amid stark warnings that the time for talking is over and action is urgently needed.
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UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 24 -- U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Monday that a 15-year international effort to stem global warming has not halted the buildup of greenhouse gas emissions and that governments must take "unprecedented action" to reverse the trend.
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The world&#39;s top leaders should  meet every three months, starting next year, until a plan is  drawn up to reduce emissions blamed for global warming, former  U.S. Vice President Al Gore said on Monday.
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European countries hurled down a challenge at a UN summit on climate change here Monday, calling for the world to set a goal of halving global greenhouse-gas pollution by 2050.