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Against The Odds, 2020 Marks Breakthrough Year For Climate Action At The Outset Of The Climate Ambition Summit
Saturday, 12 December 2020, 12:58 pm | UNFCCC
To mark the anniversary of the Paris Agreement, the High-Level Climate Champions for the UK and Chile today announce a major update to the Race to Zero campaign, the largest ever alliance of regions, cities, businesses targeting net zero emissions, ... More >>
The Paris Agreement Is A Covenant Of Hope: Statement On Occasion Of The 5th Anniversary Of The Paris Agreement
Saturday, 12 December 2020, 12:40 pm | UNFCCC
Five years ago, nations of the world came together to adopt the Paris Agreement, an agreement forged by a spirit of multilateral trust and leadership. It is dedicated to the notion that humanity can and will work together to address climate change ... More >>
Virtual Climate Dialogues: A Successful Milestone On The Road To COP26
Saturday, 5 December 2020, 7:58 am | UNFCCC
The Climate Dialogues, a series of virtual events to help pave the way towards next year’s climate change conference (COP26) to be held in Glasgow, wrapped up today. More than 80 virtual events took place between 23 November and 4 December 2020, providing ... More >>
Ratification Of Multilateral Climate Agreement Gives Boost To Delivering Agreed Climate Pledges
Saturday, 3 October 2020, 8:38 am | UNFCCC
The Doha Amendment, which established the Kyoto Protocol’s second commitment period in 2012, is set to enter into force, signaling the willingness of the international community to deliver on key climate pledges and to tackle climate change through ... More >>
New Online Platform Is Key Resource For Green Recovery Measures, NDCs
Friday, 4 September 2020, 8:30 am | UNFCCC
A new online platform on sustainable and resilient recovery from COVID-19 has been launched by the Government of Japan with support from UN Climate Change. The new platform, called “Platform for Redesign 2020”, is a hub that collates countries’ ... More >>
COP Bureau Reschedules UNFCCC Subsidiary Body Meetings To 2021
Wednesday, 24 June 2020, 6:58 am | UNFCCC
At a virtual meeting yesterday, the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC decided to postpone the UN Climate Change meetings of the Subsidiary Bodies (SB52) until next year. The meetings are to take place in the World Conference Centre ... More >>
UN, Google Arts & Culture Announce 'Heartbeat Of The Earth' - An Artistic Take On Climate Data
Saturday, 6 June 2020, 8:11 am | UNFCCC
On World Environment Day (June 5), UN Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Google Arts & Culture Lab residency program announce “Heartbeat of the Earth”, a series of experimental artworks inspired by climate data. Five artists—Cristina ... More >>
Cities, Regions And Businesses Race To Zero Emissions
Saturday, 6 June 2020, 8:02 am | UNFCCC
To mark World Environment Day, a vast and unlikely alliance of investors, activists, cities and corporates is gathering virtually for the launch of Race to Zero, the global campaign to mobilise leadership and support for a healthy, resilient, zero ... More >>
Governments Commit To Take Forward Vital Work To Tackle Climate Change In 2020
Saturday, 30 May 2020, 7:54 am | UNFCCC
At a virtual meeting today, the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC committed to take forward crucial work to tackle climate change under the umbrella of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), despite the COVID-19 crisis. ... More >>
COP26 UN Climate Change Conference Postponed Due To COVID-19
Thursday, 2 April 2020, 9:41 am | UNFCCC
The COP26 UN climate change conference set to take place in Glasgow in November has been postponed due to COVID-19. This decision has been taken by the COP Bureau of the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change), with the UK ... More >>
UN Climate Change Secretariat Has New Organizational Structure
Thursday, 2 April 2020, 8:59 am | UNFCCC
Effective today, the UN Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat is operating according to a new structure, as part of an organizational change initiative to overhaul the secretariat as the UN lead entity supporting the intergovernmental Climate Change ... More >>
Information On The Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) – Implications For Meetings In Bonn
Saturday, 7 March 2020, 12:35 pm | UNFCCC
Notification to Parties and Observer Organizations by UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa Read the notification in English , Spanish and French I would like to inform Parties, observer States and Observer Organizations that after ... More >>
Africa Climate Week In Kampala Postponed
Saturday, 7 March 2020, 12:33 pm | UNFCCC
Bonn, 6 March 2020 -The UN Climate Change secretariat, in close collaboration with all the other organizing partners, has decided to put Africa Climate Week in Kampala on hold. This is to ensure the health and safety of all participants in light of ... More >>
High-Level Climate Champions To Drive Action At Africa Climate Week In Kampala
Friday, 21 February 2020, 10:35 am | UNFCCC
UN Climate Change News, 20 February 2020 – Nigel Topping and Gonzalo Muñoz - the High-Level Champions for Climate Action of the COP26 and COP25 Presidencies respectively - have confirmed their participation for Africa Climate Week, taking place April ... More >>
Dates Shifted for Africa Climate Week in Kampala
Saturday, 1 February 2020, 11:33 am | UNFCCC
Bonn/Kampala, 31 January 2020 - In consultation with the secretariat of UN Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Republic of Uganda has decided to move the dates of the upcoming Africa Climate Week to 20 to 24 April 2020. The new dates take advantage of the G77 ... More >>
COP25 Launchpad for Significantly more Climate Ambition
Saturday, 30 November 2019, 10:46 am | UNFCCC
COP25 to Be the Launchpad for Significantly more Climate Ambition Bonn/ Madrid, 29 November 2019 – As the global climate emergency intensifies and greenhouse gas emissions continue to grow, governments will gather in Madrid for the UN Climate ... More >>
COP25 Will Take Place in Madrid from 2 to 13 December 2019
Saturday, 2 November 2019, 11:50 am | UNFCCC
We are pleased to announce the COP Bureau has agreed that COP25 will take place from 2-13 December in IFEMA - Feria de Madrid in Madrid, Spain. More >>
Climate Action Portal Registers 28 Initiatiatives
Tuesday, 24 September 2019, 8:21 am | UNFCCC
23 September, New York – The Global Climate Action portal has captured the 28 new initiatives that are being presented today to United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, at the Climate Action Summit. These have been developed specifically ... More >>
Winners of 2019 Global Youth Video Competition
Sunday, 22 September 2019, 1:18 pm | UNFCCC
UN Climate Change Media Alert: Winners of 2019 Global Youth Video Competition Announced - Videos Show Inspiring Stories of Local Climate Action https://unfccc.int/news/winners-of-2019-global-youth-video-competition-announced New York, 21 September 2019 – Young people from Portugal, Brazil and the United ... More >>
Participants Prepare for Bangkok Asia-Pacific Climate Week
Tuesday, 27 August 2019, 8:10 am | UNFCCC
26 August 2019 —Participants from all over the world are preparing to attend Asia-Pacific Climate Week 2019 (APCW 2019, 2-6 September) in Bangkok, where they will discuss ways to raise regional and global ambition to tackle climate change. More >>
