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UN Secretary-General's Remarks To The G20 Session On Sustainable Development And Energy Transition
Saturday, 30 November 2024, 10:59 pm | UNFCCC
Every country’s new plans must align with 1.5-degrees – with unambiguous, absolute emissions reduction targets for 2030 and 2035. More >>
COP29 Closing Statement Of UN Secretary-General António Guterres
Sunday, 24 November 2024, 3:26 pm | UNFCCC
I had hoped for a more ambitious outcome – on both finance and mitigation – to meet the great challenge we face. But this agreement provides a base on which to build. More >>
COP29 UN Climate Conference Agrees To Triple Public Finance To Developing Countries, Protecting Lives And Livelihoods
Sunday, 24 November 2024, 3:24 pm | UNFCCC
UN Climate Change News, 24 November 2024 – The UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) closed today with a new finance goal to help countries to protect their people and economies against climate disasters, and share in the vast benefits of the clean ... More >>
UN Climate Chief At COP29 Closing: "New Finance Goal Is An Insurance Policy For Humanity"
Sunday, 24 November 2024, 3:22 pm | UNFCCC
Executive Secretary Simon Stiell UN Climate Change Delivered remarks to the COP29 Closing Plenary Baku, Azerbaijan, 24 November Excellencies, Delegates, Colleagues, Friends, I want to start by thanking the Presidency for all they have done to enable ... More >>
UN Secretary-General Remarks To The Press At COP29
Friday, 22 November 2024, 2:21 pm | UNFCCC
To deliver an ambitious and balanced package on all pending issues, with a new finance goal at its heart. Failure is not an option. More >>
UN Climate Chief: Climate Finance Is Core Business To Save The Global Economy And Billions Of Lives
Sunday, 20 October 2024, 6:10 pm | UNFCCC
COP29 must be the stand-and-deliver COP, recognising that climate finance is core business to save the global economy and billions of lives and livelihoods from rampaging climate impacts. More >>
UN Climate Chief: From "An Epidemic Of Underinvestment” In Africa To "Unlocking A Goldmine Of Human & Economic Benefits"
Tuesday, 24 September 2024, 8:48 pm | UNFCCC
An Africa ascending, an Africa empowered to take bolder climate actions is in every nation's interests. More >>
June Climate Meetings Take Modest Steps Forward; Steep Mountain Still To Climb Ahead Of COP29
Saturday, 15 June 2024, 3:47 am | UNFCCC
The Bonn Climate Change Conference concluded after two weeks of intensive work across a range of issues where progress is needed on the path to the UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) this November in Baku, Azerbaijan. More >>
UN Climate Change Exec Sec Speech: A Very Steep Mountain To Climb For Ambitious Outcomes At COP29
Saturday, 15 June 2024, 3:31 am | UNFCCC
We must uphold the science. And one thing is absolutely clear - success requires getting more serious about bridging divides and moving quickly from streamlining to specifics. More >>
UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell Speech On The Enhanced Transparency Framework
Tuesday, 11 June 2024, 6:35 pm | UNFCCC
We need a paradigm shift on climate transparency. We should not see reporting as a burden, but as an incredible opportunity -to learn from the data and to design more effective policies. To direct resources where they’re needed most. And to ... More >>
UN Body Adopts Historic Human Rights Protections For Carbon Market Mechanism
Saturday, 4 May 2024, 4:55 am | UNFCCC
The Appeals and Grievances Procedure has immediately come into effect, marking a significant milestone in the operationalization of the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism. More >>
UN Climate Change Partners With Global Visual Arts Sector To Increase Climate Action
Saturday, 20 April 2024, 7:03 am | UNFCCC
The Charter will become the visual arts pillar of UN Climate Change’s Entertainment & Culture for Climate Action alliance, which aims at accelerating the transition of arts, film, music, and other relevant sectors to reduced greenhouse gas emissions ... More >>
Simon Stiell (Executive Secretary, UN Climate Change) Address To Chatham House: Two Years To Save The World
Thursday, 11 April 2024, 10:42 am | UNFCCC
As of today, national climate plans - called Nationally Determined Contributions or NDCs - in aggregate will barely cut emissions at all by 2030. More >>
Executive Secretary Simon Stiell, UN Climate Change: Speech At Opening Segment Of Copenhagen Climate Ministerial, 21 Mar
Friday, 22 March 2024, 5:05 am | UNFCCC
"This year we meet under the shadow of the WMO’s report showing the latest temperature increases that have been off the charts." More >>
UN Body Steps Up Pace To Implement Vital Carbon Crediting Mechanism
Saturday, 2 March 2024, 2:18 pm | UNFCCC
The United Nations Body charged with implementing a new carbon crediting mechanism under the Paris Agreement has expedited plans for action at their first meeting since COP28. The Supervisory Body of the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism took a firm ... More >>
Challenge Launched At COP28 To Harness Artificial Intelligence For Climate Action In Developing Countries
Sunday, 10 December 2023, 7:40 am | UNFCCC
The UN Climate Change Technology Executive Committee (TEC), together with Enterprise Neurosystem , a non-profit open-source artificial intelligence (AI) community, has launched the AI Innovation Grand Challenge to identify and support the development ... More >>
UN Global Climate Action Awards Ceremony Celebrates Youth-Led Climate Solutions
Monday, 4 December 2023, 6:11 pm | UNFCCC
UN Climate Change News, 4 December 2023 – Two young people will be celebrated as winners of the UN Global Climate Action Awards during the UN Climate Change Conference COP28 in Dubai later this week. Michelle Zárate Palomec of Mexico and Sebastian ... More >>
Yearbook Of Global Climate Action 2023: Pace Of Change Needs To Speed Up
Saturday, 2 December 2023, 1:58 am | UNFCCC
UN Climate Change News, 29 November 2023 – Businesses, investors, cities, states and regions are stepping up to take climate action in greater numbers than ever before – just not at the pace or scale needed to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 ... More >>
Latin America and the Caribbean Climate Week launches next week to boost regional climate action
Saturday, 21 October 2023, 6:20 am | UNFCCC
UN Climate Change News, 20 October 2023 – The Latin America and the Caribbean Climate Week (LACCW) will take place in Panama City, Panama, on 23-27 October 2023, bringing together representatives from local and national governments, Indigenous ... More >>
MENA Climate Week 2023: Driving Regional Action On Climate Change
Monday, 9 October 2023, 5:34 am | UNFCCC
UN Climate Change News, 8 October 2023 – The second-ever Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Climate Week opened today, with a packed schedule of events designed to shine a spotlight on challenges and solutions in a region that is among the most ... More >>
