UN General Assembly
2009

developed countries. It is a fraction of what the world has generated to save the financial system from collapse, it provides a bridge to a long-term REDD+ solution under the UNFCCC, and it buys the world badly needed time in the race to defeat climate change. To turn away from making this proposal a reality would be a mistake of historic proportions. I have just said to President Chávez Frías that I wish I could conclude by singing, but I do not have his wonderful voice. Instead, I will confine myself to saying that we all have an important role to play in solving this crisis, but the developed world has a moral obligation to play a greater part in solving both the financial crisis and the climate change crisis, because it is due to its actions that we are in this situation. I hope that the developed world recognizes this obligation and the urgency to act upon it now.