Climate Change

Danish Minister of Climate Change and Energy, Lykke Friis, speaks in a press conference during the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), on November 29, 2010 in Cancun, Mexico in the framework of the UN Climate Change summit. Representatives from 194 countries are to meet in the Mexican resort city of Cancun from November 29 to December 10 in a UN climate summit.

Danish Minister of Climate Change and Energy, Lykke Friis, speaks in a press conference during the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), on November 29, 2010 in Cancun, Mexico in the framework of the UN Climate Change summit. Representatives from 194 countries are to meet in the Mexican resort city of Cancun from November 29 to December 10 in a UN climate summit.

Danish Minister of Climate Change and Energy, Lykke Friis, speaks in a press conference during the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), on November 29, 2010 in Cancun, Mexico in the framework of the UN Climate Change summit. Representatives from 194 countries are to meet in the Mexican resort city of Cancun from November 29 to December 10 in a UN climate summit.

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) executive secretary Christiana Figueres speaks (L) at the opening of the UN Climate Change Conference in the northern port city of Tianjin on October 4, 2010. Thousands of environment experts gathered in China to restart stalled UN talks on climate change were warned they had to immediately end their fighting and broker a deal. The talks are the first time China has hosted a major international climate change conference or a UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meeting.

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) executive secretary Christiana Figueres speaks at the opening of the UN Climate Change Conference in the northern port city of Tianjin on October 4, 2010. Thousands of environment experts gathered in China to restart stalled UN talks on climate change were warned they had to immediately end their fighting and broker a deal. The talks are the first time China has hosted a major international climate change conference or a UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meeting.

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) executive secretary Christiana Figueres speaks at the opening of the UN Climate Change Conference in the northern port city of Tianjin on October 4, 2010. Thousands of environment experts gathered in China to restart stalled UN talks on climate change were warned they had to immediately end their fighting and broker a deal. The talks are the first time China has hosted a major international climate change conference or a UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meeting.

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) executive secretary Christiana Figueres (L) speaks at the opening of the UN Climate Change Conference in the northern port city of Tianjin on October 4, 2010. Thousands of environment experts gathered in China to restart stalled UN talks on climate change were warned they had to immediately end their fighting and broker a deal. The talks are the first time China has hosted a major international climate change conference or a UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meeting.

VIP's take to the stage at the opening of the UN Climate Change Conference in the northern port city of Tianjin on October 4, 2010. Thousands of environment experts gathered in China to restart stalled UN talks on climate change were warned they had to immediately end their fighting and broker a deal. The talks are the first time China has hosted a major international climate change conference or a UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meeting.

Delegates arrive at the opening of the UN Climate Change Conference in the northern port city of Tianjin on October 4, 2010. Thousands of environment experts gathered in China to restart stalled UN talks on climate change were warned they had to immediately end their fighting and broker a deal. The talks are the first time China has hosted a major international climate change conference or a UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meeting.

Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg addresses a press conference after handing over to UN Secretary General ban Ki-Moon a report on climate change financing at the United Nations headquarters in New York, November 5, 2010. Stoltenberg and his Ethiopian counterpart Meles Zenawi co-chaired a high-level advisory group on climate change financing which generated a report hand over to the UN, on advises on how to mobilise 100 billion USD to finance climate change issues.

The Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Christiana Figueres, brings the opening remarks of a UN forum on Climate Change: Supporting Implementation, held at the Cancun Meese Convention Center on December 7, 2010, during the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-16) held in Cancun, Mexico.

The Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Christiana Figueres, brings the opening remarks of a UN forum on Climate Change: Supporting Implementation, held at the Cancun Meese Convention Center on December 7, 2010, during the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-16) held in Cancun, Mexico.

Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg addresses a press conference after handing over to UN Secretary General ban Ki-Moon a report on climate change financing at the United Nations headquarters in New York, November 5, 2010. Stoltenberg and his Ethiopian counterpart Meles Zenawi co-chaired a high-level advisory group on climate change financing which generated a report hand over to the UN, on advises on how to mobilise 100 billion USD to finance climate change issues.

Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg (R) hands over to UN Secretray General ban Ki-Moon a report on climate change financing at the United Nations headquarters in New York, November 5, 2010. Stoltenberg and his Ethiopian counterpart Meles Zenawi co-chaired a high-level advisory group on climate change financing which generated a report hand over to the UN, on advises on how to mobilise 100 billion USD to finance climate change issues.

Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg (R) hands over to UN Secretray General ban Ki-Moon a report on climate change financing at the United Nations headquarters in New York, November 5, 2010. Stoltenberg and his Ethiopian counterpart Meles Zenawi co-chaired a high-level advisory group on climate change financing which generated a report hand over to the UN, on advises on how to mobilise 100 billion USD to finance climate change issues.

Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg addresses a press conference after handing over to UN Secretary General ban Ki-Moon a report on climate change financing at the United Nations headquarters in New York, November 5, 2010. Stoltenberg and his Ethiopian counterpart Meles Zenawi co-chaired a high-level advisory group on climate change financing which generated a report hand over to the UN, on advises on how to mobilise 100 billion USD to finance climate change issues.

The Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Christiana Figueres (R), talks to an unidentified aid during the opening ceremony of the COP16 United Nations Climate Change conference on December 7, 2010 in Cancun, Mexico. Ban called the world's efforts to contain climate change 'insufficient' and urged countries meeting in Cancun, Mexico, to come up with a 'breakthrough.'

British Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Ed Miliband attends the launch of the Science Museum's new exhibition 'Prove It!' on climate change, ahead of the UN talks in Copenhagen in December, in London, on October 22, 2009. British Foreign Secretary David Miliband unveiled an interactive map Thursday demonstrating the impact of global warming in decades to come, to underline the looming threat. The map, presented at London's Science Museum, shows graphically how climate change could lead to water and food shortages, mass migration and conflict if action is not taken at a landmark summit in Copenhagen in December.

Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg (R) hands over to UN Secretray General ban Ki-Moon a report on climate change financing at the United Nations headquarters in New York, November 5, 2011. Stoltenberg and his Ethiopian counterpart Meles Zenawi co-chaired a high-level advisory group on climate change financing which generated a report hand over to the UN, on advises on how to mobilise 100 billion USD to finance climate change issues.

Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg addresses a press conference after handing over to UN Secretary General ban Ki-Moon a report on climate change financing at the United Nations headquarters in New York, November 5, 2010. Stoltenberg and his Ethiopian counterpart Meles Zenawi co-chaired a high-level advisory group on climate change financing which generated a report hand over to the UN, on advises on how to mobilise 100 billion USD to finance climate change issues.

The Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Christiana Figueres, brings the opening remarks of a UN forum on Climate Change: Supporting Implementation, held at the Cancun Meese Convention Center on December 7, 2010, during the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-16) held in Cancun, Mexico.

Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg (R) hands over to UN Secretray General ban Ki-Moon a report on climate change financing at the United Nations headquarters in New York, November 5, 2010. Stoltenberg and his Ethiopian counterpart Meles Zenawi co-chaired a high-level advisory group on climate change financing which generated a report hand over to the UN, on advises on how to mobilise 100 billion USD to finance climate change issues.

Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg (R) hands over to UN Secretray General ban Ki-Moon a report on climate change financing at the United Nations headquarters in New York, November 5, 2010. Stoltenberg and his Ethiopian counterpart Meles Zenawi co-chaired a high-level advisory group on climate change financing which generated a report hand over to the UN, on advises on how to mobilise 100 billion USD to finance climate change issues.

Former British climate change minister Ed Miliband reacts after being elected the new leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party in Manchester, north-west England, on September 25, 2010. Milliband succeds former Prime Minister Gordon Brown as leader of the party. Brown resigned following their defeat to a Conservative Party coalition with the Liberal Democrats forming creating a new government earlier this year.

Former British climate change minister Ed Miliband addresses Labour supporters after being elected new leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party in Manchester, north-west England, on September 25, 2010. Milliband succeeds former Prime Minister Gordon Brown as the party's leader. Brown resigned following Labour's defeat to a Conservative Party coalition with the Liberal Democrats, which formed a new government earlier this year.

Former British climate change minister Ed Miliband addresses Labour supporters after being elected new leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party in Manchester, north-west England, on September 25, 2010. Milliband succeeds former Prime Minister Gordon Brown as the party's leader. Brown resigned following Labour's defeat to a Conservative Party coalition with the Liberal Democrats, which formed a new government earlier this year.

Former British climate change minister Ed Miliband embraces his brother, the former Foreign Secretary David Miliband, after being elected new leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party in Manchester, north-west England, on September 25, 2010. Milliband succeeds former Prime Minister Gordon Brown as leader of the party. Brown resigned following Labour's defeat to a Conservative Party coalition with the Liberal Democrats, which formed a new government earlier this year.

Former British climate change minister Ed Miliband reacts after being elected the new leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party in Manchester, north-west England, on September 25, 2010. Miliband succeds former Prime Minister Gordon Brown as leader of the party. Brown resigned following their defeat to a Conservative Party coalition with the Liberal Democrats forming creating a new government earlier this year.

Former British climate change minister Ed Miliband reacts after being elected the new leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party in Manchester, north-west England, on September 25, 2010. Milliband succeds former Prime Minister Gordon Brown as leader of the party. Brown resigned following their defeat to a Conservative Party coalition with the Liberal Democrats forming creating a new government earlier this year.

Former British climate change minister Ed Miliband reacts after being elected the new leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party in Manchester, north-west England, on September 25, 2010. Milliband succeds former Prime Minister Gordon Brown as leader of the party. Brown resigned following their defeat to a Conservative Party coalition with the Liberal Democrats forming creating a new government earlier this year.

Former British climate change minister Ed Miliband addresses Labour supporters after being elected new leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party in Manchester, north-west England, on September 25, 2010. Milliband succeeds former Prime Minister Gordon Brown as the party's leader. Brown resigned following Labour's defeat to a Conservative Party coalition with the Liberal Democrats, which formed a new government earlier this year.

Former British climate change minister Ed Miliband (R) reacts after being elected the new leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party in Manchester, north-west England, on September 25, 2010. Milliband succeds former Prime Minister Gordon Brown as leader of the party. Brown resigned following their defeat to a Conservative Party coalition with the Liberal Democrats forming creating a new government earlier this year.

Former British climate change minister Ed Miliband reacts after being elected the new leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party in Manchester, north-west England, on September 25, 2010. Milliband succeds former Prime Minister Gordon Brown as leader of the party. Brown resigned following their defeat to a Conservative Party coalition with the Liberal Democrats forming creating a new government earlier this year.

Former British climate change minister Ed Miliband reacts after being elected the new leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party in Manchester, north-west England, on September 25, 2010. Milliband succeds former Prime Minister Gordon Brown as leader of the party. Brown resigned following their defeat to a Conservative Party coalition with the Liberal Democrats forming creating a new government earlier this year.

Former British climate change minister Ed Miliband embraces his brother, the former Foreign Secretary David Miliband, after being elected new leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party in Manchester, north-west England, on September 25, 2010. Milliband succeeds former Prime Minister Gordon Brown as leader of the party. Brown resigned following Labour's defeat to a Conservative Party coalition with the Liberal Democrats, which formed a new government earlier this year.

Former British climate change minister Ed Miliband reacts after being elected the new leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party in Manchester, north-west England, on September 25, 2010. Miliband succeds former Prime Minister Gordon Brown as leader of the party. Brown resigned following their defeat to a Conservative Party coalition with the Liberal Democrats forming creating a new government earlier this year.

Former British climate change minister Ed Miliband reacts after being elected new leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party in Manchester, north-west England, on September 25, 2010. Milliband succeeds Former Prime Gordon Brown as the party's leader. Brown resigned following Labour's defeat to a Conservative Party coalition with the Liberal Democrats, which formed a new government earlier this year.

Former British climate change minister Ed Miliband addresses Labour supporters after being elected new leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party in Manchester, north-west England, on September 25, 2010. Milliband succeeds former Prime Minister Gordon Brown as the party's leader. Brown resigned following Labour's defeat to a Conservative Party coalition with the Liberal Democrats, which formed a new government earlier this year.

Former British climate change minister Ed Miliband addresses Labour supporters after being elected new leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party in Manchester, north-west England, on September 25, 2010. Milliband succeeds former Prime Minister Gordon Brown as the party's leader. Brown resigned following Labour's defeat to a Conservative Party coalition with the Liberal Democrats, which formed a new government earlier this year.

Former British climate change minister Ed Miliband is hugged by his brother, the former Foreign Secretary David Miliband, after being elected new leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party in Manchester, north-west England, on September 25, 2010. Milliband succeeds former Prime Minister Gordon Brown as leader of the party. Brown resigned following Labour's defeat to a Conservative Party coalition with the Liberal Democrats, which formed a new government earlier this year.

Former British climate change minister Ed Miliband is hugged by his brother, the former Foreign Secretary David Miliband, after being elected new leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party in Manchester, north-west England, on September 25, 2010. Milliband succeeds former Prime Minister Gordon Brown as leader of the party. Brown resigned following Labour's defeat to a Conservative Party coalition with the Liberal Democrats, which formed a new government earlier this year.

Former British climate change minister Ed Miliband (L) is applauded by former Labour leader Neil Kinnock (R) after being elected new leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party in Manchester, north-west England, on September 25, 2010. Milliband succeeds former Prime Minister Gordon Brown as leader of the party. Brown resigned following Labour's defeat to a Conservative Party coalition with the Liberal Democrats, which formed a new government earlier this year.

Former British climate change minister Ed Miliband (R) embraces his brother David after being elected the new leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party in Manchester, north-west England, on September 25, 2010. Miliband succeds former Prime Minister Gordon Brown as leader of the party. Brown resigned following their defeat to a Conservative Party coalition with the Liberal Democrats forming creating a new government earlier this year.

Former British climate change minister Ed Miliband addresses Labour supporters after being elected new leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party in Manchester, north-west England, on September 25, 2010. Milliband succeeds former Prime Minister Gordon Brown as the party's leader. Brown resigned following Labour's defeat to a Conservative Party coalition with the Liberal Democrats, which formed a new government earlier this year.

Former British climate change minister Ed Miliband addresses Labour supporters after being elected new leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party in Manchester, north-west England, on September 25, 2010. Milliband succeeds former Prime Minister Gordon Brown as the party's leader. Brown resigned following Labour's defeat to a Conservative Party coalition with the Liberal Democrats, which formed a new government earlier this year.

Former British climate change minister Ed Miliband embraces his brother, the former Foreign Secretary David Miliband, after being elected new leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party in Manchester, north-west England, on September 25, 2010. Milliband succeeds former Prime Minister Gordon Brown as leader of the party. Brown resigned following Labour's defeat to a Conservative Party coalition with the Liberal Democrats, which formed a new government earlier this year.

Former British climate change minister Ed Miliband is hugged by his brother, the former Foreign Secretary David Miliband, after being elected new leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party in Manchester, north-west England, on September 25, 2010. Miliband succeeds former Prime Minister Gordon Brown as leader of the party. Brown resigned following Labour's defeat to a Conservative Party coalition with the Liberal Democrats, which formed a new government earlier this year.

Former British climate change minister Ed Miliband reacts after being elected the new leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party in Manchester, north-west England, on September 25, 2010. Milliband succeds former Prime Minister Gordon Brown as leader of the party. Brown resigned following their defeat to a Conservative Party coalition with the Liberal Democrats forming creating a new government earlier this year.

Former British climate change minister Ed Miliband reacts after being elected new leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party ahead of its annual confernece in Manchester, north-west England, on September 25, 2010. Milliband succeeds former Prime Minister Gordon Brown as leader of the party. Brown resigned following Labour's defeat to a Conservative Party coalition with the Liberal Democrats, forming a new government earlier this year.

Former British climate change minister Ed Miliband reacts after being elected new leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party in Manchester, north-west England, on September 25, 2010. Milliband succeeds former Prime Minister Gordon Brown as leader of the party. Brown resigned following Labour's defeat to a Conservative Party coalition with the Liberal Democrats, which formed a new government earlier this year.