Photo stories: Climate change

General Assembly President Srgjan Kerim chairs the Assembly’s thematic debate on “Addressing Climate Change: The United Nations and the World at Work.” (12 February 2008)

General Assembly President Srgjan Kerim (centre) – flanked by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) and Muhammad Shaaban (right), Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly Affairs and Conference Management – chairs the Assembly’s thematic debate entitled “Addressing Climate Change: The United Nations and the World at Work” (12 February 2008)

Sir Richard Branson, CEO and Founder of Virgin Group, briefs journalists on the occasion of the General Assembly’s thematic debate entitled “Addressing Climate Change: The United Nations and the World at Work.” (11 February 2008)

United States actress Daryl Hannah addresses a luncheon hosted by the President of the General Assembly on the occasion of its thematic debate entitled “Addressing Climate Change: The United Nations and the World at Work.” (11 February 2008)

The UN’s top climate change official Yvo de Boer – who serves as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) – addresses reporters on the next steps after last December’s global breakthrough in Bali. (11 February 2008)

New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg addresses the opening session of the General Assembly thematic debate entitled “Addressing Climate Change: The United Nations and the World at Work.” (11 February 2008)

General Assembly President Srgjan Kerim (right) speaks to journalists following his remarks to the opening session of Assembly's two-day thematic debate entitled “Addressing Climate Change: The United Nations and the World at Work,” as New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg looks on. (11 February 2008)

Kemal Dervis, Administrator of the UN Development Programme (UNDP), addresses attendees at the panel discussion on “Responding to multifaceted challenge: The United Nations at Work,” part of the General Assembly’s thematic debate on “Addressing Climate Change: The United Nations and the World at work.” (11 February 2008)

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hosts a dinner for participants of the General Assembly thematic debate on “Addressing Climate Change: The United Nations and the World at Work.” (11 February 2008)

Timothy Wirth, President of the UN Foundation (UNF), moderates the “Rising to the Challenge: Partnership on Climate Change” as part of the General Assembly thematic debate on “Addressing Climate Change: The United Nations and the World at Work.” (11 February 2008)