High-Level Segment Opens at UN Climate Change Conference in Doha
The two-week UN Climate Change Conference (COP 18/CMP 8) opened its high-level segment today in Doha, Qatar.
At the conference, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (third from right) meets with the Co-Chairs of the High-level brainstorming session on Climate Finance, Vivian Balakrishnan (left), Minister for the Environment and Water Resources of Singapore, and Greg Barker (second from left), United Kingdom Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change. With Mr. Ban are Yoon Yeocheol (right), UN Chief of Protocol, and Robert Orr (second from right), Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Strategic Planning.