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Ban told a press conference that it would coincide with the summit he is hosting at UN headquarters on September 22 "to mobilize the political momentum needed to seal the deal in Copenhagen (in December) on a fair, effective and scientifically ambitious new climate framework."
With New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg at his side, the UN secretary general said he was joining forces with the city and non-governmental organizations to launch Climate Week NYC.
"Climate change also must be addressed at the national level with measures that will encourage America to shrink our climate footprint," Bloomberg said.
"America should be a leader (in combating global warming) in the world."
"We are going to do what is right for the planet, what is right for the people of America," he added, stressing that during Climate Week, the city would join in highlighting actions that local government, the corporate world and citizens can take to help usher in a greener world.
The United Nations hopes to wrap up negotiations in Copenhagen in December for a new global warming deal to replace the Kyoto protocol on cutting carbon emissions that expires in 2012.
The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded in early 2007 that global warming, if unchecked, would unleash a devastating amalgam of floods, drought, disease and extreme weather by the end of this century.
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With New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg at his side, the UN secretary general said he was joining forces with the city and non-governmental organizations to launch Climate Week NYC.
"Climate change also must be addressed at the national level with measures that will encourage America to shrink our climate footprint," Bloomberg said.
"America should be a leader (in combating global warming) in the world."
"We are going to do what is right for the planet, what is right for the people of America," he added, stressing that during Climate Week, the city would join in highlighting actions that local government, the corporate world and citizens can take to help usher in a greener world.
The United Nations hopes to wrap up negotiations in Copenhagen in December for a new global warming deal to replace the Kyoto protocol on cutting carbon emissions that expires in 2012.
The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded in early 2007 that global warming, if unchecked, would unleash a devastating amalgam of floods, drought, disease and extreme weather by the end of this century.
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