Ensuring that rich countries live up to their $100 billion a year pledge will allow developing countries to focus on practical policies that help the most vulnerable adapt to the changing climate.
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Ban Ki-moon Fast Facts
Here’s a look at the life of Ban Ki-moon, former secretary-general of the United Nations.
Personal
Birth place: Chunchongbuk-do Umsong, Republic of Korea
Birth name: Ban Ki-moon
Education: Seoul National University, B.A., 1970; Harvard University, M.A., 1985
Other Facts
Name is pronounced Bahn Gi-moon, with the K uttered as a hard “g.”
As a teen, he won a Red Cross-sponsored trip to the United States. He met President John F. Kennedy and decided then that he wanted to become a diplomat.
Timeline
1972-1974
1974-1978
1978-1980 – Secretary, South Korean Permanent Observer Mission to the United Nations.
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John Carey
BusinessWeek magazine and a reporter at
Newsweek, covering science, technology, medicine, and the environment. He now writes freelance stories for the
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
Scientific American and others, and writes or edits reports for organizations like the Global Commission on Adaptation, the World Bank, and the International Renewable Energy Agency. He has three science degrees, but never took a journalism course.
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