The United Nations Secretary General, Mr Ban-Ki Moon voiced optimism that negotiations for an ambitious climate change agreement are on the right track after he wrapped up the largest ever high level gathering on the issue but he also warned that momentum must be maintained in the run up to the December conference in Copenhagen. Mr. Ban said he felt a sense of optimism, urgency and hope emerge from today’s summit at UN Headquarters in New York, that governments are determined to ‘seal a deal’ in Copenhagen. Nearly 100 heads of state and government attended the meeting.The key speakers at the Summit included the Chairman of the Inter Governmental Panel on Climate Change, Dr R.K.Pachauri, US President Barack Obama, the Chinese President Hu Jintao, the Prime Minister of Japan,Yukio Hatoyama, the French President Nicholas Sarkozy. The External Affairs Minister , Mr S. m. Krishna represented India at the Summit.The Prime Minister of Denmark, Mr Lars Lokke Rasmussen also addressed the wrap-up. Denmark is to host the Climate Change Conference in December The UN Secretary General stressed that the long term price of inaction on cutting carbon emissions far outweighs the short term cost of action. Ruling out failure as an option at the Copenhagen meeting Mr Ban Ki Moon said there is no plan B and the world must sign the deal at Copenhagen.The choice is between sustainable growth and economic turmoil, a choice between inclusive global markets and trade anarchy, a choice between a healthy planet and environmental catastrophe.Summing up the deliberations among world leaders, Mr. Ban noted that there was convergence on five key issues, including enhanced measures to help the most vulnerable and poorest adapt to the impact of climate change as well as setting emission reduction targets for industrialized countries. Heads of State and government also agreed on the importance of developing countries taking mitigation actions with necessary support; scaling up financial and technical resources; and setting up an equitable governance structure.The High level Meeting on Climate Change held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly provided an opportunity for developing countries to articulate their position on the climate change issue. Developing countries like India which are vulnerable to and are already suffering from the impact of climate change have an important stake in establishing a truly global, transparent and rule based and equitable climate change regime based on the principles of UNFCCC which takes into account the imperatives of poverty reduction and economic development of the developing countries and the historical responsibility of developed countries. An Indian girl , 13 year old Yugratna Srivastava from Lucknow who represents the Asia Pacific region in TUNZA junior Board addressed the delegates as a special invitee to the deliberations. Yugratna is a member of Tarumitra, an NGO devoted to stopping felling of trees and forests, among other activities. Yugratna, a Class X student, represented Tarumitra in the Tunza youth conference in Norway organised by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in 2008 and became a member of the Junior Board.