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UN chief calls on world leaders to lead in Copenhagen
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is calling on world leaders to redouble their efforts to seal a deal at the climate change talks in Copenhagen.
Ban Ki-moon
As the negotiations enter their second week, Mr. Ban told journalists on Monday that decades of effort will come down to this critical week.
"Seldom in history has a choice been so clear. We can move toward a future of sustainable green growth, or we can continue down the road to ruin. We can act on climate change now, or we can leave it to our children and grand-children-a debt that can never be paid. It will threaten the future of our planet and its people."
Insisting there is no time left for posturing or blaming, Mr. Ban said if everything is left to leaders to resolve at the last moment, there is the risk of a weak deal or no deal at all, which he said would be a failure of potentially catastrophic consequences.
Mr. Ban, said he would be following up on some practical matters related to an agreement while he is in Copenhagen, including ways the UN and the World Bank can work together to implement an agreement on deforestation.
Jocelyne Sambira, United Nations Radio
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