Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General
On the report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

The Secretary-General welcomes the important findings of the Working Group 1 contribution of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released today in Paris. The report highlights the scientific consensus regarding the quickening and threatening pace of human-induced climate change. The global response therefore needs to move much more rapidly as well, and with more determination. The Secretary-General congratulates the panel of independent climate scientists and experts, who have deepened our understanding of the changes that are affecting the global environment and the human causes at their root.

Today's study, and the follow-up reports of the IPCC during 2007, will be critical guides for the UN's response to anthropogenic climate change, and undoubtedly will assist many other stakeholders in taking actions at the global, national and local levels.