{"id":26487,"date":"2007-11-16T08:55:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-16T08:55:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-05-14T18:35:55","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T18:35:55","slug":"1487-act-now-on-climate-change-says-un-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/uncategorized\/1487-act-now-on-climate-change-says-un-official\/","title":{"rendered":"Act now on climate change, says UN official"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The executive secretary of the UN framework convention on climate change said governments were well behind business in preparing for the challenges ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the sidelines of an Opec summit called to discuss oil issues, de Boer was reported as saying: &quot;If things go wrong in Bali, we really are in deep trouble in the sense we have this very clear message from the scientific community now.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>He added that there should be &quot;no war on oil,&quot; insisting that all forms of energy would have to be used to meet legitimate aspirations of further economic development and lower carbon emissions.<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/environment\/2007\/nov\/16\/climatechange\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">full story<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UN&#39;s top climate change official, Yvo de Boer, reportedly warned yesterday that the world was in &quot;deep trouble&quot; 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