Wednesday, January 23, 2013

UN chief to press for climate deal by 2015

AAP: UN leader Ban Ki-moon says he will press world leaders to agree a binding deal against climate warming by 2015. There has to be a "strong, complete and binding" accord, Ban, who has stepped up warnings in recent months over the impact of accelerating temperature increases, told the UN General Assembly on Tuesday. A UN conference in Doha last month extended the Kyoto Protocol, the only binding pact on curbing greenhouse gas emissions, until 2020. But the accord excludes major polluters such...

URL: http://www.climatespectator.com.au/news/un-chief-press-climate-deal-2015-0

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