{UN SecGen Ban:} 'New thinking' needed on climate (BBC)

By Mark Kinver
Science and Nature reporter, BBC News

The international climate debate needs to embrace a "new way of thinking" to tackle the problem, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has urged.

Too much time was being wasted arguing over "historical responsibilities" for past emissions, Mr Ban said.

He called for both industrialised and developing nations to focus on limiting future global greenhouse gas emissions.
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Mr Ban, in his first speech in the UK since becoming UN secretary general, warned that arguing over the legacy of past emissions only wasted time.

"I have been advised by many experts that if we act now - since we have the resources and heightened awareness - we can reverse it," he said.
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