U.N. official wants world summit on global warming

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon should call a meeting of heads of government to decide the next steps against global warming, the U.N. official responsible for tackling climate change said on Monday.

Yvo de Boer, head of the U.N. Climate Secretariat (UNFCCC), told reporters there was not much time left to prepare a successor to the Kyoto Protocol, which expires in 2012. “The window of opportunity is closing,” he said. De Boer said he hopes to meet Ban during a trip to New York next week.
Reuters