COPENHAGEN — Tensions at international climate talks here rose a notch on Tuesday as UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned an assembly that the outcome of a worldwide climate pact years in the making will be determined during the next three days.
"We have a chance, a real chance, to change the course of our history," Ban said in a speech in the main plenary hall. "We do not have another year to deliberate. Nature does not negotiate with us."
Tuesday saw the arrival of such heads of state as Prime Minister Gordon Brown of the United Kingdom and President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe who will be joined by 60 more of their peers on Wednesday. Prime Minister Stephen Harper and U.S. President Barack Obama will arrive later in the week.
In the meantime, already-weary negotiators will be working alongside environment ministers through the remaining days and nights to find a deal on which world leaders can agree.
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