聯合國秘書長下屬3位新任特使表示，氣候變遷不再只是科學方面的議題，它已成為須以國際政治層級來解決的一個問題。特使們許諾將藉由他們以往的經驗以及與各國元首接觸的機會，促進一個對抗全球暖化更大規模的行動。
上述3位特使分別為前任挪威首相布郎德蘭(Gro Harlem Brundtland)、前任南韓外長暨議長韓承秀(Han Seung-soo)與前智利總統拉戈斯(Ricardo Lagos Escobar)，與秘書長潘基文(Ban Ki-Moon)一同合作，於8日開始執行。潘基文於今年年初即已宣示，著手處理氣候變遷將是他任內的優先任務之一。
在進行這項任務之後的第一場記者招待會中，3位特使表示，秘書長要求其與國際間重要的政治人物，尤其是國家元首討論氣候變遷的議題，並且在預定在9月舉行的高層級國際會議前提出提案，下一個重要會議則是預定於12月的巴里島舉行。
Climate change is no longer a matter for scientific debate, but has become a question to be solved at the international political level, the UN secretary-general's three new special envoys on the issue said today. The envoys pledged to use their experience and contacts with national leaders to stimulate a greater level of action to combat global warming.
The three envoys – former Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland, former South Korean Foreign Minister and General Assembly President Han Seung-soo, and former Chilean President Ricardo Lagos Escobar – held a working lunch today with Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, who announced earlier this year that tackling climate change is one of his priorities as head of the United Nations.
In their first news conference since taking up the assignment, the three envoys said Secretary-General Ban had asked them to discuss the issue with the world’s major political figures, especially national leaders, and to formulate proposals ahead of the next high-level international meeting, scheduled for September, and a follow-up conference in Bali in December.
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