UN chief urges rapid progress for climate deal
17:57, 3 September 2009
GENEVA. Sepetmber 3. KAZINFORM. UN secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday called on governments to make rapid progress in their negotiations so that a new climate deal could be reached in Copenhagen, Denmark in December; Kazinform refers to Xinhua.
"We can not afford limited progress. We need rapid progress," Ban said at the Third World Climate Conference in Geneva, organized by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
Little progress has been made in climate talks to work out a new agreement and replace the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on reducing the gas emissions to avoid global warming.
Ban said a deal was needed to reduce gas emissions. "We need a deal that will enable deep cuts in emissions...that promotes green growth...that will provide the resources and structures needed for adaptation", Kazinform cites Xinhua. See www.xinhuanet.com for full version.