Secretary General Ban Ki-moon opened a meeting of world leaders on climate change here today stating that the scientific evidence of its global impact was sound and the moment to act was now. “Today, the time for doubt has passed,” he told delegates in the packed United Nations General Assembly hall. Saying that “the scientists have very clearly outlined the severity of the problem, “ he said their message was that the world knows enough to act, that failure to act will bring “devastating” consequences and that affordable technologies exist to start addressing the problem promptly. “Inaction now will prove the costliest action of all in the long term,” he said.

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