High-level segment of UN Climate Change Conference opens in Warsaw, Poland - Xinhua

High-level segment of UN Climate Change Conference opens in Warsaw, Poland

English.news.cn | 2013-11-20 09:00:31 | Editor: Fu Peng

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Participants attend the opening session of high-level segment of 2013 UN Climate Change Conference in Warsaw, Poland, on Nov. 19, 2013.(Xinhua/Zhang Fan)

WARSAW, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Tuesday criticized some developed countries for backtracking in fighting climate change.

Ban lashed out at some rich countries "which are supposed to be taking leadership" but are actually "backtracking" in battling global warming, during an event of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Warsaw. Full story

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