(VOVworld) – UN Chief Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday stressed the need to reach a global legal agreement on climate change by 2015.

UN Chief Ban Ki-moon (Source: tienphong.vn)

Speaking at the ongoing UN Climate Change conference in Warsaw, Poland, Mr. Ban affirmed that climate change was a threat to present and future generations. He added the world need look no further than the catastrophe in the Philippines to comprehend the profound and dangerous consequences of a warming planet. Meanwhile, President of the UN General Assembly, John Ashe, urged negotiators to take more practical actions especially following the series of recent devastating natural disasters. According to Ashe, this requires resolute measures and a vision well beyond the usual political posturing along with a political willingness to look beyond particular narrow interests and focus instead on the common good of all.