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On this page, you will find climate change press releases produced by the UN Secretariat. For press releases produced by individual parts of the UN System, see links to the right.
Press Releases
- ‘DYNAMIC AND VITAL’ GENERAL ASSEMBLY LAID GROUNDWORK TO TACKLE CRUCIAL ISSUES, INCLUDING CLIMATE CHANGE, TERRORISM, ANTI-POVERTY GOALS, PROMOTING TOLERANCE - 24 December 2007
- ICE BRIDGE, ART EXHIBIT TO HIGHLIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE AT HEADQUARTERS 17 DECEMBER - 14 December 2007
- WE CANNOT STEAL OUR CHILDREN’S FUTURE, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE, AS HE URGES BREAKTHROUGH IN BALI - 12 December 2007
- SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN REMARKS AT UNDP EVENT ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT, CALLS FOR URGENT ACTION TO ADDRESS GRIM CLIMATE CHANGE SITUATION - 11 December 2007
- CARING FOR CLIMATE GAINS MOMENTUM AS BUSINESS LEADERS GATHER IN BALI TO DISCUSS CLIMATE CHANGE, AT EVENT HOSTED BY UNITED NATIONS GLOBAL COMPACT - 10 December 2007
- SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS TIME HAS COME TO TRANSFORM LOOMING ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE -- CLIMATE CHANGE -- INTO SUSTAINABLE, INCLUSIVE GROWTH - 10 December 2007
- SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES BUSINESS LEADERS TO BRING ENTREPRENEURSHIP, NEW TECHNOLOGIES TO BEAR ON CLIMATE CHANGE, IN MESSAGE TO NEW YORK AWARD DINNER - 4 December 2007
- FOUR TEXTS APPROVED BY SECOND COMMITTEE WOULD BOOST INITIATIVES ON CLIMATE CHANGE, PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - 30 November 2007
- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, CLIMATE CHANGE: PART OF PROBLEM OR PART OF SOLUTION? - 26 November 2007
- CLIMATE CHANGE, BUDGET, CAPITAL MASTER PLAN, MIDDLE EAST AMONG ISSUES AS SECRETARY-GENERAL BRIEFS INFORMAL MEETING OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY - 21 November 2007
- SLOWING -- AND REVERSING -- CLIMATE CHANGE THREAT ‘DEFINING CHALLENGE OF OUR AGE’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, FOLLOWING RELEASE OF UNITED NATIONS PANEL REPORT - 19 November 2007
- NO SOLUTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE CRISIS WITHOUT REDUCTION OF CARBON DIOXIDE, OTHER EMISSIONS, EXPERT SAYS DURING SECOND COMMITTEE PANEL DISCUSSION - 13 November 2007
- SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN STATEMENT WITH CHILE’S PRESIDENT, SOUNDS NEW CLIMATE CHANGE WARNING AS HE DESCRIBES VANISHING GLACIERS, MELTING WESTERN ICE SHELF - 12 November 2007
- CITY PLANNING WILL DETERMINE PACE OF GLOBAL WARMING, UN-HABITAT CHIEF TELLS SECOND COMMITTEE AS SHE LINKS URBAN POVERTY WITH CLIMATE CHANGE - 30 October 2007
- INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MUST ABIDE BY WORLD LEADERS’ COMMITMENT ON CLIMATE CHANGE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO INFORMAL MINISTERIAL MEETING - 24 October 2007
- SPACE SOLUTIONS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE, EQUAL ACCESS TO SPACE-BASED TECHNOLOGIES, WARNINGS ABOUT OUTER SPACE ARMS RACE DOMINATE DEBATE IN FOURTH COMMITTEE - 24 October 2007
- SECRETARY-GENERAL APPLAUDS NOBEL PEACE PRIZE FOR AL GORE, CLIMATE CHANGE PANEL AS SPUR TO MOMENTUM FOR GLOBAL ACTION - 15 October 2007
- UNITED STATES BUSINESS SHOULD ‘TAKE THE LEAD ON CLIMATE CHANGE’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN WASHINGTON REMARKS - 11 October 2007
- GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT, CLOSING DEBATE, NOTES ‘IMPORTANT SHIFT’ AS HE CONFIRMS CLIMATE CHANGE HAS BECOME FLAGSHIP ISSUE OF SIXTY-SECOND SESSION - 3 October 2007
- SMALL ISLAND STATES, LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES SEEK URGENT COLLECTIVE ACTION BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO HELP THEM COPE WITH CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS - 27 September 2007
- ACTIONS ON CLIMATE CHANGE WILL DEFINE GLOBAL LEGACY LEFT FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, AS HIGH-LEVEL EVENT CONVENES - 24 September 2007
- CLIMATE CHANGE THREATENS INVESTMENT IN MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN ADDRESS TO HIGH-LEVEL EVENT - 24 September 2007
- SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES HISTORIC AGREEMENT TO PHASE OUT HYDROCHLOROFLUOROCARBONS, CHEMICAL COMPOUND DAMAGING TO OZONE LAYER, CONTRIBUTOR TO CLIMATE CHANGE - 24 September 2007
- TRANSCRIPT OF JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE FOLLOWING HIGH-LEVEL EVENT ON CLIMATE CHANGE AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, 24 SEPTEMBER 2007 - 24 September 2007
- SECRETARY-GENERAL SEEKS TO BUILD MOMENTUM, SECURE POLITICAL COMMITMENT ON CLIMATE CHANGE AT HIGH-LEVEL EVENT AT HEADQUARTERS, 24 SEPTEMBER - 17 September 2007
- DESERTIFICATION, CLIMATE CHANGE POSE UNRIVALLED CHALLENGE TO HUMANITY, DEMAND UNPRECEDENTED RESPONSE FROM ALL, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO MADRID MEETING - 12 September 2007
- DPI/NGO CONFERENCE AGREES TO 12-MONTH ‘FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION’, PROPOSING GRASS-ROOTS SOLUTIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE THREAT - 7 September 2007
- CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ WATER SECURITY, LAND USE, AMONG ISSUES AS DPI/NGO CONFERENCE HOLDS SERIES OF ROUND-TABLE DISCUSSIONS - 6 September 2007
- ‘CLIMATE CHANGE: HOW IT IMPACTS US ALL’ THEME, AS ANNUAL DPI/NGO CONFERENCE OPENS - 5 September 2007
- DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN NEW YORK ADDRESS, URGES NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS TO BUILD GRASS-ROOTS SUPPORT FOR ‘BREAKTHROUGH’ CLIMATE CHANGE AGREEMENT - 5 September 2007
- SIXTIETH ANNUAL DPI/NGO CONFERENCE AT HEADQUARTERS 5-7 SEPTEMBER; THEME: ‘CLIMATE CHANGE: HOW IT IMPACTS US ALL’ - 28 August 2007
- INTERNATIONAL DAY OF WORLD’S INDIGENOUS PEOPLE ON 9 AUGUST TO RECOGNIZE CONTRIBUTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE - 7 August 2007
- UNITED NATIONS LAUNCHES NEW CLIMATE CHANGE INTERNET SITE - 3 August 2007
- GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT CALLS ON ENTIRE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY RICH NATIONS, TO HELP DISADVANTAGED COUNTRIES COPE WITH CLIMATE CHANGE - 2 August 2007
- WARNING AGAINST ‘GLOOM AND DOOM’ SCENARIOS, UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY HAS TOOLS TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE - 1 August 2007
- SECRETARY-GENERAL CHALLENGES WORLD COMMUNITY TO TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE HEAD-ON; HOW IT ADDRESSES THREAT ‘WILL DEFINE US, OUR ERA AND, ULTIMATELY, OUR GLOBAL LEGACY’ - 31 July 2007
- SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS CLIMATE CHANGE MERITS VERY HIGHEST ATTENTION; COMPREHENSIVE AGREEMENT UNDER UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION NEEDED ON ALL FRONTS BY 2009 - 31 July 2007
- ‘CARBON NEUTRAL’ GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATE TO LINK GROWING SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS ON CLIMATE CHANGE WITH NATIONAL ACTION - 30 July 2007
- UN BEST SUITED TO LEAD WORLD EFFORTS AGAINST GLOBAL CHALLENGES –- TERRORISM, CLIMATE CHANGE, POVERTY -– SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN SAN FRANCISCO ADDRESS - 27 July 2007
- MAN-INDUCED CLIMATE CHANGE MAKES GLOBAL WARMING AN ALL-ENCOMPASSING THREAT, SECRETARY-GENERAL WARNS IN REMARKS AT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AWARDS CEREMONY - 21 June 2007
- DESERTIFICATION, CLIMATE CHANGE THREATEN DEVELOPMENT GOALS, MUST BE ADDRESSED TOGETHER, AS ‘ONE GLOBAL CHALLENGE’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL ON WORLD DAY - 7 June 2007
- SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES G-8 AGREEMENT ON ‘STRONG AND EARLY ACTION’ TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE - 7 June 2007
- SECRETARY-GENERAL ASKS STUDENTS TO ‘JOIN THE FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE’, IN REMARKS AT WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY OBSERVANCE - 1 June 2007
- SECRETARY-GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS GLOBAL NATURE OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN MESSAGE FOR WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY - 31 May 2007
- DANGERS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ALREADY THREATENING TRADITIONAL CULTURES, URGENT RESPONSE NEEDED, INDIGENOUS FORUM TOLD - 24 May 2007
- CONSERVATION, SUSTAINABLE USE OF BIODIVERSITY ESSENTIAL FOR ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY - 14 May 2007
- SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION CONCLUDES FIFTEENTH SESSION WITHOUT POLICY DECISIONS ON ENERGY, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, AIR POLLUTION, CLIMATE CHANGE - 11 May 2007
- SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR INTEGRATED, BALANCED RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN REMARKS TO HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT OF COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - 9 May 2007
- SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION HEARS CALLS FOR URGENT, CONCERTED ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE, AS IT BEGINS HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT - 9 May 2007
- SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES REPORT ON MITIGATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE, SAYS PACKAGE ON WAY FORWARD MUST BE LAUNCHED AT BALI CONFERENCE - 4 May 2007
- INTERLINKED ISSUES OF ENERGY, POLLUTION, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE AT HEART OF ENSURING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, UN COMMISSION TOLD - 1 May 2007
- SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS THREE NEW SPECIAL ENVOYS ON CLIMATE CHANGE - 1 May 2007
- PARLIAMENTS WILL HELP DEFINE NATIONAL, GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT ON CLIMATE CHANGE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION BALI MEETING - 30 April 2007
- CLIMATE CHANGE REQUIRES LONG-TERM GLOBAL RESPONSE, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL - 17 April 2007
- SECURITY COUNCIL HOLDS FIRST-EVER DEBATE ON IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON PEACE, SECURITY, HEARING OVER 50 SPEAKERS - 17 April 2007
- SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES CLIMATE CHANGE WORKING GROUP’S FINDINGS, URGES DECISIVE ACTION BY STATES - 9 April 2007
- SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PREPARATORY MEETING PREPARES DRAFT POLICY OPTIONS ON ENERGY, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, AIR POLLUTION, CLIMATE CHANGE - 2 March 2007
- SECRETARY-GENERAL, ADDRESSING STUDENT CONFERENCE, COMPARES CHALLENGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE TO COLD WAR-ERA NUCLEAR THREAT - 1 March 2007
- SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PREPARATORY MEETING DISCUSSES INTERLINKAGES AMONG PRIORITY THEMES -- ENERGY, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, AIR POLLUTION, CLIMATE CHANGE - 1 March 2007
- EXPERT PANELS AT PREPARATORY MEETING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION FOCUS DEBATE ON AIR POLLUTION, CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY OPTIONS - 28 February 2007
- SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PREPARATORY MEETING BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF POLICY OPTIONS FOR ENERGY, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, AIR POLLUTION, CLIMATE CHANGE - 26 February 2007
- SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES FINDINGS OF WORKING GROUP ON CLIMATE CHANGE - 2 February 2007
- ‘TRUE GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT’ NEEDED TO CONFRONT CLIMATE CHANGE, HALT AIDS, REDUCE INEQUALITY, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT NEW YORK CEREMONY - 10 January 2007
- SECOND COMMITTEE CONCLUDES CURRENT SESSION WITH CALL FOR COOPERATION TOWARDS ACHIEVING CLIMATE CHANGE GOALS - 8 December 2006
- CITING ‘FRIGHTENING LACK OF LEADERSHIP’ ON CLIMATE CHANGE, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS PHENOMENON AN ALL-ENCOMPASSING THREAT IN ADDRESS TO NAIROBI TALKS - 15 November 2006
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