UN, 21 November 2013 – Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon took his campaign to galvanise an urgent global response to
climate change to the world’s cities today, stressing that changes in
urban planning, home building and transportation can usher in a
low-carbon future that benefits both people and the planet.
“Cities are engines of dynamism and creativity. In many respects, cities
are the proving ground for our efforts to combat climate change, build
resilience and achieve faster, more equitable development progress,” he told
a high-level session of United Nations-led climate talks in Warsaw,
Poland, devoted to the role of cities in controlling global warming and
the other effects of climate change.