UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged the world’s political leaders to carry on the momentum for climate action which, he said, serves to safeguard “the vulnerable and advancing shared prosperity.” Mr. Ban was speaking to the press today on 15 November 2016, shortly before the official opening of the High Level Segment of the 22nd Conference of Parties (#COP22) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), where he noted, “Our planet earth is eternal, so we have to go on” in the fight against climate change.