Secretary-General Appoints Michael Bloomberg of United States
Secretary-General Appoints Michael Bloomberg of United
States
Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change
United
Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of
Michael Bloomberg of the United States as his Special Envoy for Cities and
Climate Change.
Mr. Bloomberg
will assist the Secretary-General in his consultations with mayors and related
key stakeholders in order to raise political will and mobilize action among
cities as part of his long-term strategy to advance efforts on climate change,
including bringing concrete solutions to the 2014 Climate Summit that the
Secretary-General will host in New York on 23 September.
The
Secretary-General has invited leaders from Governments, businesses, finance and
civil society organizations to bring bold announcements and actions to the 2014
Climate Summit to raise the level of ambition through new and more robust
action on climate change. Cities play an essential role in developing and
implementing actions and driving ambition, translating to significant impacts
on climate change.
Mr. Bloomberg
served as the 108th Mayor of the City of New York from 2002 to
2013. He began his career in 1966 at Salomon Brothers, and launched the
financial news and information company Bloomberg LP in 1981. In 2007,
Mayor Bloomberg addressed the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change in Bali, Indonesia.
Former New York Mayor Bloomberg named Ban’s envoy for cities and climate
change
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) and former New York
City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe (file photo)
31 January 2014 – Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon today announced the
appointment of former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg as Special Envoy
for Cities and Climate Change to
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