UNFCCC - Latest News [Page 10]
Developments in the United States: UNFCCC
Saturday, 1 April 2017, 8:55 pm | UNFCCC
Developments in the United States By UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa Bonn, 31 March 2017 The new US administration announced this week that it will be reviewing America’s Clean Power Plan, domestic legislation brought in by the previous ... More >>
Ocean Climate Action Making Waves
Sunday, 13 November 2016, 7:53 pm | UNFCCC
Ocean Climate Action Making Waves Global Climate Action at COP22 http://newsroom.unfccc.int/climate-action/ocean-climate-action-making-waves/ Marrakech, Morocco, 12 Nov, 2016 – A special Oceans Action Event at the UN Climate Change Conference in Marrakech (COP22) is bringing together over 400 high-level participants ... More >>
Shifting Gear Towards Low Carbon Transport
Sunday, 13 November 2016, 7:52 pm | UNFCCC
Shifting Gear Towards Low Carbon Transport Global Climate Action at COP22 http://newsroom.unfccc.int/climate-action/shifting-gear-towards-low-carbon-transport/ Press release in French: http://newsroom.unfccc.int/fr/action-climatique/cp-amc-evenement-transport/ Press release in Spanish: http://newsroom.unfccc.int/es/accion-climatica/cp-agenda-de-accion-transporte/ ... More >>
Adaptation Fund pours over 20 USD million into the Pacific
Saturday, 12 November 2016, 4:28 pm | UNFCCC
Adaptation Fund pours over 20 USD million into the Pacific 11 November 2016, UNFCCC COP22, Marrakech, Morocco - Negotiations are now underway at the UN Climate Conference in Marrakech, Morocco to see how the Adaptation Fund can serve the Paris Agreement. ... More >>
World Alliance for Clean Technologies Launched at COP22
Saturday, 12 November 2016, 4:12 pm | UNFCCC
World Alliance for Clean Technologies Launched at COP22 Patricia Espinosa: “We Need to Harness the Best and Brightest Minds” http://newsroom.unfccc.int/unfccc-newsroom/world-alliance-for-clean-technologies-launched-at-cop22/ Marrakech, 11 November 2016 – The Solar Impulse Foundation launched the World Alliance ... More >>
Landmark Climate Change Agreement to Enter into Force
Thursday, 6 October 2016, 1:55 pm | UNFCCC
Over 55 Parties covering More Than 55 per cent of Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions Ratify the Paris Climate Change Agreement More >>
Latin American and Caribbean Region Leading Climate Action
Saturday, 1 October 2016, 9:12 pm | UNFCCC
More than Two Thirds of Latin American and Caribbean Nations’ Climate Action Plans Refer to a Price on Carbon Press release in English: http://newsroom.unfccc.int/unfccc-newsroom/countries-in-latin-american-and-the-caribbean-region-leading-climate-action/ Press release in Spanish: http://newsroom.unfccc.int/es/noticias/los-paises-de-america-latina-y-el-caribe-liderando-la-accion-climatica/ ... More >>
lobal Citizens Climate Pledge announced
Saturday, 10 September 2016, 6:46 pm | UNFCCC
• Global Citizens Climate Pledge announced. • By signing the pledge, global citizens can show their concern about the serious risk that climate change poses for present and future generations, and commit to take personal action. New York, 9 September ... More >>
China and US Bring Early Paris Entry into Force Closer
Sunday, 4 September 2016, 8:37 pm | UNFCCC
China and US Bring Early Paris Entry into Force Big Step Closer - UN Climate Chief Thanks Countries for Ratification UN Climate Chief Thanks Countries for Ratification The Two Countries Also Announce Support for Increased Action on Aviation and Refrigerant ... More >>
Bringing the Paris Agreement into Force
Saturday, 30 January 2016, 3:16 pm | UNFCCC
Bringing the Paris Agreement into Force - Next Steps and National Climate Plans On 12 December 2015, countries under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) adopted the Paris Agreement. The legal nature of this new, international ... More >>
Fiji to Kick-Off Largest Ever Survey of Climate Change
Monday, 8 June 2015, 8:01 am | UNFCCC
Fiji to Kick-Off Largest Ever In-Depth Survey of Global Public Opinion on Climate Change More >>
Powerful Reminder of Need for International Cooperation
Thursday, 23 April 2015, 4:47 pm | UNFCCC
(Bonn, 22 April 2015) – To coincide with Earth Day on 22 April, the UN Climate Change Secretariat in Bonn today opened an exhibition of art works that once graced the walls of the first ever UN Climate Change Conference 20 years ago. More >>
African Ministers Unite for Climate Agreement
Friday, 17 April 2015, 7:54 pm | UNFCCC
African Ministers Unite in Calling for Strong Universal Climate Agreement and Sufficient Finance to Unlock Africa’s potential More >>
Russian climate plan boosts industrial world cover
Friday, 3 April 2015, 10:51 am | UNFCCC
Bonn, 1 April 2015 – With the Russian Federation's submission to the UN of its climate action plan, 32 developed countries covering nearly 80 per cent of the total emissions from industrialized nations have delivered their contributions to the Paris ... More >>
USA submits its Climate Action Plan: 2015 Paris Agreement
Thursday, 2 April 2015, 2:14 pm | UNFCCC
Bonn, 31 March 2015 – The United States has submitted its new climate action plan to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). More >>
UN Communicates Negotiating Text for Climate Agreement
Saturday, 21 March 2015, 3:57 pm | UNFCCC
Bonn, 19 March 2015 – The secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) today communicated the negotiating text for a new climate change agreement to governments in all six official UN languages. More >>
Now Japan Pledges $1.5 Billion to Green Climate Fund
Monday, 17 November 2014, 3:01 pm | UNFCCC
Bonn, 16 November 2014Japan today announced a pledge of $1.5 billion to the Green Climate Fund (GCF) ahead of next week’s pledging conference in Berlin. More >>
Norway is 11th Party to Accept Kyoto protocol amendment
Saturday, 14 June 2014, 3:33 pm | UNFCCC
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres Urges Nations to Greater Doha Amendment Ambition as Norway Becomes 11th Party to Accept More >>
Role of rural women in responding to climate change
Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 5:51 pm | UNFCCC
On the International Day of Rural Women, the UN's top climate change official Christiana Figueres drew attention to the important role of rural women in responding to the challenge climate change. More >>
UN Climate Change Secretariat Announces New Members
Tuesday, 9 July 2013, 1:54 pm | UNFCCC
Momentum for Change Media Alert: United Nations Climate Change Secretariat Announces New Members to its Momentum for Change Advisory Panel More >>