Ban Ki-moon calls for ‘energy revolution’ at COP21 Climate Change Conference

Talks on a universal climate pact shifted to a higher gear with UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon urging governments to set off an “energy revolution” to rein in heat-trapping carbon emissions and avert disastrous global warming.

Foreign and environment ministers joined the talks outside Paris after lower-level negotiators who met last week delivered a draft agreement with all crunch issues left unresolved.

Warning that “the clock is ticking towards climate catastrophe,” Ban told ministers the world expects more from them than “half-measures”.