On Wednesday (12/12), Ari Margiono represented Oxfam International in a CAN lunch meeting with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon.
Accompanied by UN special climate change envoy, former Prime Minister of Norway Brundtland, the Secretary-General (SG) invited NGOs to a lunch meeting to discuss climate change issues and talked about recent development of the negotiation process. Between his very tight schedule in Bali, in an exclusive meeting of 7 invitees - among other Director General of WWF International and Head of IIED - Oxfam shared the experience of the poor in Indonesia who have been affected by climate change and the importance of getting adaptation on an equal footing with mitigation in a post 2012 agreement.
The Secretary General acknowledges the urgency and believes that getting both adaptation and mitigation on board in the agreement is very important. He also believes that climate change is a threat to everybody on earth. “We are facing a situation similar to those described in the American’s “Independence Day” movie. We are facing a climate threat, and now we have to get united to fight this threat together”, said UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon
(Resource: Oxfam - Bali COP BULLETIN, Monday, Wednesday, 10-12 December 2007)
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