Title: UN's Ban, Gore discuss climate change
ALGOREismylife - April 27, 2007 09:29 PM (GMT)
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,2...5005961,00.html
UN's Ban, Gore discuss climate change
From correspondents in Switzerland
April 28, 2007 03:42am
FORMER US vice-president and global warming activist Al Gore discussed the problem of climate change in a meeting yesterday with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
Mr Gore made no statement following the meeting, but answered “of course” with asked by a reporter if the two talked about global warming.
Mr Ban has rejected the idea of organizing a global summit on climate change this year as impractical.
But the UN chief has said he supports a high-level discussion on the issue during the annual UN General Assembly meeting in September this year.
On April 17, global warming was for the first time the subject of discussion inside the UN Security Council, relating to the threat it poses to peace and global security.
Since his failed 2000 presidential bid, Mr Gore has positioned himself as a champion of environmental issues and battling climate change.
His documentary on global warming, An Inconvenient Truth, received an Oscar at this year's Academy Awards ceremony.
His supporters are also encouraging him to join next year's race for the US presidency.
UN's Ban, Gore discuss climate change
From correspondents in Switzerland
April 28, 2007 03:42am
FORMER US vice-president and global warming activist Al Gore discussed the problem of climate change in a meeting yesterday with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
Mr Gore made no statement following the meeting, but answered “of course” with asked by a reporter if the two talked about global warming.
Mr Ban has rejected the idea of organizing a global summit on climate change this year as impractical.
But the UN chief has said he supports a high-level discussion on the issue during the annual UN General Assembly meeting in September this year.
On April 17, global warming was for the first time the subject of discussion inside the UN Security Council, relating to the threat it poses to peace and global security.
Since his failed 2000 presidential bid, Mr Gore has positioned himself as a champion of environmental issues and battling climate change.
His documentary on global warming, An Inconvenient Truth, received an Oscar at this year's Academy Awards ceremony.
His supporters are also encouraging him to join next year's race for the US presidency.
ALGOREismylife - April 27, 2007 09:30 PM (GMT)
In this photo released by the United Nations, former Vice President Al Gore, left, shakes hands with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at the beginning of their meeting at U.N. headquarters, Friday morning April 27, 2007. (AP Photo/UN, Mark Garten)
al001 - April 27, 2007 09:51 PM (GMT)
But the UN chief has said he supports a high-level discussion on the issue
All they ever do is discuss issues.
All they ever do is discuss issues.