Ban Ki-Moon Makes The Agenda Very Clear ON Where the UN and The IPCC Stand, And The Direction They Are DICTATING For The Future, With Or Without Legitimate Verifiable Scientific Evidence.

22 September 2009

Opening remarks to the United Nations Climate Change Summit Plenary.

Excellencies,

"Greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise. We will soon reach critical thresholds. Consequences that we cannot reverse.
The world’s leading scientists warn that we have less than ten years to avoid the worst-case scenarios projected by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [IPCC].
Indeed those worst-case scenarios are becoming ever more likely.
We must halt the rise in global emissions.
Earlier this month I was in the Arctic. I was alarmed by the rapid pace of change. The Arctic could be nearly ice-free by 2030.
The consequences will be felt by people on every continent."

"The true test of leadership is to take the long view. National leaders must become global leaders to meet the needs of their own people.
Copenhagen offers a new path. It can catalyze a global economy based on low-emissions growth that can strengthen sustainable development and lift billions out of poverty.
Success in Copenhagen will have positive ripple effects for global cooperation on trade, energy, security and health.
Failure to reach broad agreement in Copenhagen would be morally inexcusable, economically short-sighted and politically unwise.
We cannot go down this road. If we have learned anything from the crises of the past year, it is that our fates are intertwined.
Climate change links us more directly and dramatically than any other issue.
Now is the moment to act in common cause.
History may not offer us a better chance."




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