U.N. Climate Chief Leaving in Wake of Disappointing Summit in Denmark

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Two months after a disappointing summit on global warming in Copenhagen, the head of the United Nations climate change office, Yvo de Boer, has resigned to take a consultant's job, Reuters reports.

In another blow to the effort to address global-warming issues, de Boer is leaving on July 1 to join KPMG, a consultancy group.

"Copenhagen did not provide us with a clear agreement in legal terms, but the political commitment and sense of direction toward a low-emissions world are overwhelming," de Boer said in a parting statement. "This calls for new partnerships with the business sector to help make this happen."

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