http://www.un.org/news A world of news from the world organization. en-us Copyright 2009, UN News Centre http://www.un.org/News/dh/latest/media/nslogo.gif http://www.un.org/news 140 Latest from the UN News Service http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33311&Cr=copenhagen&Cr1= Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST Acknowledging that the climate change deal reached over the weekend in Copenhagen was not ideal for all nations, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today exhorted world leaders to act in concert to ensure that a legally binding treaty is reached next year. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33305&Cr=copenhagen&Cr1= Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the climate change deal reached by world leaders at a United Nations summit in Copenhagen, calling it an "essential beginning" that contains progress on all key fronts, but adding that work must now focus on turning the deal into a legally binding treaty. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33304&Cr=environment&Cr1= Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST Eleven European countries have ratified a United Nations-backed agreement designed to promote the sustainable management of forests producing tropical timber and a diverse and legal international trade in such products. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33295&Cr=copenhagen&Cr1= Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST The eyes of the world are on world leaders gathered in Copenhagen, Denmark, today, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said, calling on nations to ‘seal the deal' on an ambitious new climate change agreement for the sake of humanity. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33282&Cr=climate+change&Cr1= Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST With only 24 hours to go before the scheduled end of the historic United Nations climate change talks in Copenhagen, Denmark, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced optimism that a new agreement will be reached. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33269&Cr=climate+change&Cr1= Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST As one of its first steps towards reducing its greenhouse gas footprint, the United Nations - after one of the most wide-ranging and painstaking exercises in its history - announced today that it emits 1.7 million tons of carbon dioxide annually worldwide. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33261&Cr=copenhagen&Cr1= Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST Arriving in Copenhagen, Denmark, today to inject fresh energy into climate change talks, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon exhorted nations to ‘seal the deal' on an ambitious new agreement, warning that the well-being of all of the world's people is at stake. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33257&Cr=emission&Cr1= Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST The levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere would be much higher if oceans did not absorb the amount they do, but this has lead to their rising acidity levels, according to a new United Nations-backed study issued today. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33253&Cr=disaster&Cr1=climate Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST More than three quarters of those people who died in disasters this year lost their lives to extreme weather events, which caused nearly $15 billion in damages worldwide, the top United Nations official on disaster risk reduction announced today. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33249&Cr=copenhagen&Cr1= Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST Talks resumed at the United Nations summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, today after African nations briefly suspended negotiations over the future of the Kyoto Protocol, currently the only legally binding pact on climate change.