Yvo de Boer
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Crash go expectations...set for Copenhagen in December of this year. In March, for example, the United Nations' point man for setting the framework for a deal, Yvo de Boer of Denmark, was interviewed by Time magazine. He was asked if Copenhagen was an "all or... In this article: Climate change, Copenhagen, Fossil fuel, Kyoto Protocol, Time Magazine, Yvo de Boer, United Nations, Bali, and Washington |
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The Australian | November 02, 2009
Barcelona Lays Foundation for Copenhagen Success
...take place in Copenhagen from 7 to 18 December. "Copenhagen must open the door to the common good and close the door to a common disaster," said UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer. "And in Denmark, governments must give their clear...
In this article: Copenhagen, Climate change, Barcelona, United Nations, Hillary Clinton, Central America, Democracy, and Kyoto Protocol
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Newsday.com - Nation | December 01, 2008
Climate conference warned not to let financial crisis derail goal of new global warming treaty
...pass, but global warming will only get worse. Yvo de Boer, the U.N.'s top climate official, has also insisted that a treaty to replace the Kyoto Protocol must be ready in just one year. He said at Monday's opening session that the clock...
In this article: Global warming, U.N., All rights reserved, Extinction, Kyoto Protocol, Rajendra Pachauri, Poland, Poznan, and Denmark
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Reuters | November 30, 2008
U.N. climate talks to open, praise for ambitious Obama
"It will be an incredible challenge" to reach such a complex accord within a year when the world is struggling with the worst financial crisis since the 1930s, said Yvo de Boer, head of the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat. Polish...
In this article: U.N., Barack Obama, Coal, Fossil fuel, Global warming, EU, George W. Bush, U.S., and Kyoto
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AM - ETS deal not needed for Copenhagen: UN 31/07/2009
... up at global climate talks in Denmark later this year without a carbon emissions ... Yvo de Boer will be flying to Cairns for next week's Pacific Island leaders' ...
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Hopes for climate pact still alive
Yvo de Boer, head of the UN Climate Change Secretariat, said a treaty could be ... Denmark, host of next month's meeting, said it might take a year. ...
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Yvo de Boer (born 1954, Vienna) is the current Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Prior to joining the UNFCCC, Mr. De Boer was Director for International Affairs of the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and Environment of the Netherlands. He was in charge of international policy, both in the context of the European Union, as well as involving broader international cooperation.
He also served as Deputy Director-General for Environmental Protection in the same Ministry, as Head of the Climate Change Department and has worked in the fields of housing and public information. He focused mainly on the climate change negotiations both before and after the signing of the Kyoto Protocol. Mr. De Boer has also worked for the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) earlier in his career.
He was born in Vienna and is married with three children. As the son of a Dutch diplomat, he traveled the world extensively before entering boarding school in the United Kingdom and obtaining a technical degree in social work in the Netherlands.
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