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The UN climate chief Yvo de Boer has resigned to join a consultancy group as an adviser, the UN climate secretariat said on Friday (NZT), two months after a disappointing Copenhagen summit.
De Boer will step down on July 1 to join KPMG, the UN framework convention on climate change (UNFCCC) said in a statement. He has led the agency since 2006.
"It was a difficult decision to make, but I believe the time is ripe for me to take on a new challenge, working on climate and sustainability with the private sector and academia," de Boer said in the statement.
"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. This calls for new partnerships with the business sector and I now have the chance to help make this happen," he added.
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