[RED DEMOCRATICA] Ban urges world leaders "to accelerate" climate action

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | WHO warns of danger from polio outbreaks Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   May 5, 2014 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story Ban urges world leaders "to accelerate" climate action United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged world governments and leaders to move decisively on limiting global temperature increases. "We have to ask the leaders to commit to bold ambitious targets and we will ask them to accelerate their actions on the ground," Ban said Sunday at a climate meeting held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. 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