UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon said here Monday that climate is "a leading political and economic
problem" and "it's time to act" to respond to the problem.
Ban told his monthly press conference here that he also called upon world leaders "to double their efforts" to reach "a comprehensive, fair
agreement (in Copenhagen) that can be turned into a legally binding treaty."The secretary-general denied the allegations that the Copenhagen
process has collapsed, saying that negotiations are still going on and a legally binding treaty will be reached next year.
The secretary-general said that he is scheduled to fly to Copenhagen, the Danish capital, to attend the UN Climate Change Conference, where he is expected to appoint a Nobel Peace Prize winner to be the UN Peace Messenger on the issue of climate change.