Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed optimism about combating climate change, highlighting the world’s collective efforts to “mobilize for a better future.” Mr. Ban was speaking to the press at the start of the High Level Segment of the 22nd Conference of Parties (COP22) to the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Framework Convention on Climate Change (Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµFCCC), on 15 November 2016, in Marrakech, Morocco. He noted that the Paris Agreement had entered into force “in record time” in the history of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ, with 109 countries ¨C representing 75 per cent of global greenhouse gas emitters ¨C having ratified the Agreement to-date.