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Video: Ban Ki-moon on climate progress

Ban Ki-moon

The climate summit I hosted in September last year has created new political momentum. I’m very encouraged that the European Union has taken the far-reaching, visionary leadership decision to cut 40% of greenhouse gas emissions by 2030; and that China and the US have agreed a very significant reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

Watch a clip of Ban Ki-moon, secretary-general of the United Nations, addressing the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting 2015 in Davos above, and catch up with his full session on tackling climate, development and growth, here.

Image: Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations, New York is captured at the ‘Tackling Climate, Development and Growth’ session at the Annual Meeting 2015 of the World Economic Forum at the congress centre in Davos, January 23, 2015. WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM/swiss-image.ch/Photo Monika Flueckiger 

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