We’re doomed without a deal, Ban tells Bali

HUMANITY faces oblivion if it fails to confront global warming, the UN secretary-general warned yesterday.

As delegates to the Bali climate conference argued over a new document strengthening a call for deeper cuts in greenhouse gas emissions by rich nations, Ban Ki-moon arrived to preside over its final days.

The aim is to set an agenda and deadline for talks that will lead to a climate change pact to succeed the Kyoto Protocol in 2012.