Now Is the Time
We Must Find a Global Response to This Most Global of Problems
Ban Ki-moon

From Stockholm to Kyoto
A Brief History of Climate Change
Peter Jackson

"Warming of the Climate System Is Unequivocal"
Highlights of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report
Coordinated by Yuwei Zhang

The Challenge of Building Consensus Beyond
the Scientific Community
Timothy E. Wirth

Consolidating Political Will
We Need a New Vision of Sustainability
Helen Clark

Confronting Climate Change
A Shared and Global Responsibility
Portia Simpson Miller

A Threat to Our Human Rights
Tuvalu's Perspective on Climate Change
Apisai Ielemia

The Greatest Threat to Global Security
Climate Change Is Not Merely an Environmental Problem
Sir Emyr Jones Parry

Guiding Principles Needed
Towards a Global Strategy for Climate Change
Kiyo Akasaka

The United Nations Role in Climate Change Action
Taking the Lead Towards a Global Response
Achim Steiner

Devastating For the World's Poor
Climate Change Threatens the Development Gains
Already Achieved
Kemal Dervis

Before the Next Disaster Strikes
The Humanitarian Impact of Climate Change
Margareta Wahlström

Climate Change Around the World
A View from the UN Regional Commissions

Forests and Climate Change
From Complex Problem to Integrated Solution
Hans Hoogeveen

Climate Change in the Arctic
An Inuit Reality
Duane Smith

Costa Rica's Commitment
On the Path to Becoming Carbon-neutral
Roberto Dobles Mora