T-43 Days? Is the UN Secretary General Hitting the Reset button?

Rob Gordon /

Likes sands in an hour glass, these are the [remaining] days of our lives…43. At least that’s all that’s left according to remarks of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. On August 11th of this year the Secretary-General told a gathering of the Global Environment Forum: “We must seal the deal in Copenhagen for the future of humanity. We have just four months. Four months to secure the future of our planet.” (emphasis added)

The Secretary General then went on to say the deal that had to be sealed in Copenhagen “to secure the future of our plant” would need to incorporate four key points:

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