Ban Ki-moon and His Support for Combating Climate Change
Ban Ki-moon from his first day in office in January 2007 committed himself to building global dedication to addressing global warming and combating climate change.
The Secretary-General said that one of the most important accomplishments he wanted to achieve during his term in office was to bring about a worldwide agreement by Member States to seek ways to reduce global emissions of gasses that contribute to global warming. These documents and photos tell the story of his work that led to the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.
Visit to Antarctica, 9 November 2007
Ban Ki-moon, during his first year in office, visits Antarctica to draw attention to global warming by showing that icebergs and glaciers are melting.
Secretary-General Joins People’s Climate March, New York, 21 September 2014
Speech in Bali, Indonesia, 2 December 2007
Secretary-General Witnesses Impacts of Climate Change, 01 September 2009
Opening Remarks at the UN Climate Change Summit Plenary,
22 September 2009
Visit to Antarctica, 9 November 2007
This is a photo of Ban Ki-moon with his wife on a boat in the waters off Antarctica demonstrating the melting of an iceberg as a result of global warming.