Ban lays out criteria for successful Copenhagen gathering on climate change
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ew York, 26 October 2009
- As just over one month remains before nations converge in Copenhagen
to 'seal the deal' on a new climate change agreement, Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon has laid out his four benchmarks for success at the
negotiations in the Danish capital.
Firstly, he wrote in an opinion piece in the New York Times published yesterday, every country - developed and developing - must do all it can to slash emissions from all sources, including deforestation and shipping.
"A successful deal must strengthen the world's ability to cope with an already changing climate," Mr. Ban added, stressing that "support for adaptation is not only an ethical imperative; it is a smart investment in a more stable, secure world."
