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.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (front, centre) is pictured on the opening day, flanked by Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned of Qatar (left of Mr. Ban) and Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, Deputy Prime Minister of Qatar and President of the Conference. With them are Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani (left), Amir of Qatar, and Christiana Figueres (right), Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).