The world should not wait until next year to cobble together a new climate changeClimate change is a lasting change in weather patterns over long periods of time. It can be a natural phenomena and and has occurred on Earth even before people inhabited it. Quite different is a current situation that is also referred to as climate change, anthropogenic climate change, or ... pact, United NationsThe United Nations Organization (UNO) is an international organization that focuses on facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace. It was founded in 1945 after World War II to replace ... Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Sunday. The countries should aim for a meaningful breakthrough in Poznan, Poland, in December.
Delaying major advances until the end of 2009, when a Copenhagen summit will aim to finalize an accord to tackle rising global temperatures, may be ill-advised, Ban told diplomats and officials at a ceremony for the 20th anniversary of the U.N. climateClimate is typically defined as the average weather (or more rigorously a statistical description of the average in terms of the mean and variability) over a period of time, usually 30 years. These quantities are most often surface variables such as temperature, precipitation, and wind. Climate ... panel. Ban said that the Poland meeting should serve as “a very successful bridge” for Copenhagen. He said it was imperative for the new U.S. government to play a leadership role in climate change for the international community to agree on strong emissionEmissions of greenhouse gases, greenhouse gas precursors, and aerosols associated with human activities, including the burning of fossil fuels, deforestation, land-use changes, livestock, fertilisation, etc. (IPCC) cut targets. “Whoever may be elected as president of the United States, they may be in a better position to address and to lead this process.”