Climate talks an ‘unprecedented chance for change’

THE WORLD is entering talks on a new climate pact with unprecedented unity and leaders must seize the moment to create a turning point in the battle against global warming, the UN’s top climate official said yesterday.

At a news conference, the UN’s Yvo de Boer called on the 192 nations represented at the climate summit starting today “to deliver a strong and long-term response to the challenge of climate change”.

Even so, he worried that emails pilfered from a British university would fuel scepticism among those who believe that scientists exaggerate global warming.