... taken on, fully, the responsibilities that go along with our new position in the world. Here in Asia, we see optimistic signs of ... challenge into tomorrow's opportunity ? an opportunity for green growth and sustainable prosperity. We know the negotiations in ...
... to reach agreement by December this year in Copenhagen on a new global package to follow suit to the Kyoto protocol. Because we need a global green new deal. The global economic crisis can only be truly solved with new ...
Auckland, New Zealand António Guterres, Secretary-General Date: ... of coal power plants from 2020 onwards because we need a green economy not a grey economy in the world. It was very reassuring to ... think this is the way forward for many Pacific countries to deal with the inaction? SG: Any people that feel that their human rights ...
New York Ms. Asha-Rose Migiro, Former Deputy Secretary-General ... the epicentre of the global food crisis. We need an African Green Revolution. We must work to double food yields across Africa to ... Later this year, governments will meet to seal a deal in Copenhagen. If we do not tackle climate change, we face a permanent ...
... to climate change, we often focus on the question of cutting green house gas emissions. This is understandable and necessary. But it is ... of desertification. The government has proposed new policies for better managing grasslands and pastures. Improved ...
New York António Guterres, Secretary-General Date: ... to be calling for a New Social Contract and a New Global Deal to create equal opportunities for all and respect the rights and freedoms ... the Sustainable Development Goals. Second, we need a green recovery that will tackle climate change and biodiversity loss. Let ...
New York Ban Ki-Moon, Former Secretary-General Date: ... took some encouraging steps towards what I would call a Green New Deal. They pledged to promote energy efficiency and a transition to ...
... in another May, a generation later. Today, too, new forces are gathering. Today, too, dramatic change is at hand. ... also be solutions to climate change. I call this a Green New Deal. By investing in green, we create jobs and spur economic growth. ...
... peace and security tomorrow. As I see it, we face new realities. First: as a global community, we are living on the edge. ... worldwide. They took a major step toward a â??Green New Dealâ?? and vowed to reach agreement at the UN climate change ...
New York Ban Ki-Moon, Former Secretary-General Date: ... reason to make them concrete. If we are to “seal a deal” on climate change at Copenhagen in December, we will also need ... that journalists' working space conforms with a new UN Green policy regarding open space and non-private offices, even if it makes ...
