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  1. Secretary-General's remarks at University of Copenhagen - The Road to Copenhagen: Meeting the Climate Challenge [as prepared for delivery]

    ... to limit the growth of their emissions while they pursue green growth. Substantial financial and technological support will be needed ... change. A deal that will stand as a beacon for a new multilateralism. The past year has seen multiple global crises ...

  2. Secretary-General's press conference

    ... to be strong support for the notion that progress on a ¡°Green New Deal¡± can help us achieve both economic and climate objectives. We can ...

  3. Secretary-General's comments at a joint press conference on climate change with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Paul Dickinson, CEO of the Carbon Disclosure Project

    New York Ban Ki-Moon, Former Secretary-General Date:  ... to change course and retool our economies to generate green growth, green jobs for a lasting recovery. In December, the ... global climate agreement. If we are to “seal a deal” in Copenhagen, we need to be bold and ambitious and visionary. And ...

  4. Secretary-General's Statement to the 17th Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development

    New York Ban Ki-Moon, Former Secretary-General Date:  ... to meet their needs.” To do that, we must deal with climate change. As you know, this is the year of climate change. ... to convene a Ministerial Roundtable on a sustainable green revolution for Africa. Investing in an African green revolution will ...

  5. Secretary-General's press conference - full transcript

    New York Ban Ki-Moon, Former Secretary-General Date:  ... been so clear. We can move toward a future of sustainable green growth, or we can continue down the road to ruin. We can act on ... or blaming. Every country must do its part to seal a deal in Copenhagen. I appeal, especially, to the negotiators working ...

  6. Secretary-General's Video Message for High-Level Dialogue: Climate Change in Asia and The Pacific

    ... the two.   This is why I am calling for a Global Green New Deal to spread clean energy technologies. It can also create jobs and help ...

  7. Secretary-General's press encounter on the outcome of the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference

    New York Ban Ki-Moon, Former Secretary-General Date:  ... to cope with climate change. Fifth, the deal is backed by money and the means to deliver it. You know that already $30 ... I urge countries to ensure that the Copenhagen Green Climate Fund becomes fully operational as soon as possible. I ...

  8. Secretary-General's statement to the 2009 Global Renewable Energy Forum [delivered by Magdy Martinz-Soliman, UN Resident Coordinator in Mexico]

    ... A deal that can catalyze clean energy growth. Green growth is sustainable growth. We need businesses that understand, ... enormous benefits that green growth can bring in the form of new jobs, less pollution, better public health and improved food security. ...

  9. Secretary-General's remarks at opening ceremony for "Climate Week NYC" [at New York City Library]

    New York Ban Ki-Moon, Former Secretary-General Date:  ... Climate week NY°C has already done a great deal to raise awareness about the urgent need for climate action. We have a ... New York's nickname from “The Big Apple” to “The Big Green Apple.” ? My thanks go also to the influential government ...

  10. Secretary-General's speech to World Climate Conference-3

    ... is altering the geopolitical landscape. We see this in the new scramble for Arctic resources as the Northwest and Northeast passages open ... widespread economic disaster. The answer lies in green growth –sustainable growth. We need policy that puts a price on ...