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Ban: Launching a new era of green growth
Finally we seal a deal, and it is a real deal, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told reporters at the closing of the Copenhagen conference on Saturday.
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It may not be everything that everyone hoped for, he continued, but it is an essential beginning.
A major success of the conference is that the deal is backed by money and the means to deliver it. Thirty billion dollars have been pledged for adaptation and mitigation efforts and developing countries will receive 100 billion dollars a year over the next 10 years to go green.
Mr. Ban also laid out a future plan with three key priorities to be executed:
"First, we need to turn this agreement into a legally binding treaty. Second, we must launch the Copenhagen Green Climate Fund. Third, current mitigation commitments fail to meet the scientific bottom line. We still face serious consequences. It will take more than this to definitely tackle climate change."
The UN Chief also expressed his satisfaction at seeing countries, like the United States that were on the outside of the Kyoto protocol, now at the heart of climate action.
He thanked Danish Prime Minister, Anders Rasmussen, the Danish government and people for hosting the Climate Conference and helping reach a successful conclusion to the negotiations.
Jocelyne Sambira, United Nations Radio
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