UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon had some interesting things to say in an interview with the Washington Times in anticipation of the start of a new General Assembly session (about which the Heritage Foundation is releasing a book anon, including a chapter by yours truly on abuses of multilateral environmental agreements).

Narcissism is all too common in the Global Salvationist movement, yet rarely matched at this level. After going on about his various demonstrations of leadership by example where others fear to follow and the unfairness of it all in being compared to his predecessor, Mr. Ban offered this, among other absurdities:

“It was me who really raised the awareness of the international community’ he said. ‘Even two years ago, there was not much debate about climate change. Now climate change has become one of the most serious issues in the world in the minds of world leaders.’”

Ah . . . hmm. (Uncomfortable shifting, decision to back away slowly, making no eye contact . . . ) No further comment capturing the inanity of this is necessary or, frankly, even fathomable.

I have more on Ban’s silliness — did you know he said that computer-model scenarios of the future are even scarier than Hollywood movies because they’re real? – and UN miscreance on this front, in “Red Hot Lies: How Global Warming Alarmists Use Threats, Fraud, and Deception to Keep You Misinformed,” which I understand is, finally, soon to be released.