UN: $100 Billion for global warming is not enough Special

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon recently stated that the $100 billion suggested by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to combat global warming is not enough and needs to be "scaled up."

There has been much debate over whether global warming is man-made or part of natural climate change. Nobel Peace Prize recipient and Academy-Award winner Al Gore believes the debate is over and a general consensus has been made. Governments around the world are trying to find ways to fight global warming and create an initiative. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown suggested that the United Nations cough up $100 billion to fight global warming and originally UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon agreed to that amount, however, he now believes the number should be "scaled up,” according to The Guardian. He further believes that finance is the key to successful negotiations to fight global warming. Next week, the Secretary General will meet all United States Senators to discuss their energy and climate bills, however, the Democrats all concurred that there will be no vote on legislation until after the climate change meeting in Copenhagen next month. Moon has met with US officials in the past, recently he met all House of Representatives prior to Washington passed their climate bill. How much will be actually needed then? Moon has not given a specific figure but some developmental groups generally think $400 billion is a good number. “We have to see how measures are effective. As time goes by we may need to change arrangements,” Moon said. Nevertheless, Moon believes that the meeting in Copenhagen will not be the final negotiation or deal, “We don't have a plan B and we are not lowering the bar. We still [retain] the highest possible targets.” Allan Dokslav, a student who is studying Environmental Studies at York University, believes this is generally a good idea and that more money should be even spent, "Al Gore had it right when he said if you're not alive then there won't be any money." He further iterates that it's very important that the world act as quickly as possible.