Stéphane Dujarric< spokesperson for the Secretary-General, at a podium with António Guterres

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29 October 2025

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A 2025 report released today by the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change, produced in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), warns that ongoing dependence on fossil fuels and insufficient adaptation to a warming world are already taking a devastating toll on human health.

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The Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General provides information to the media on the activities of the UN system as a whole through daily briefings, direct responses to media enquiries, press conferences, background briefings and interviews with the Secretary-General, the Deputy Secretary-General and other senior officials.

The Office provides advice on media relations to the Secretary-General, the Deputy Secretary-General and senior Secretariat officials.

The Office also keeps the Secretary-General regularly informed of major breaking news stories around the world.

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Stéphane Dujarric

Stéphane Dujarric

Spokesperson for the Secretary-General

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Farhan Haq

Farhan Haq

Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General

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Stéphanie Tremblay

Stéphanie Tremblay

Associate Spokesperson for the Secretary-General

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Daniela Gross De Almeida

Daniela Gross De Almeida

Associate Spokesperson for the Secretary-General

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Shirin Yaseen

Shirin Yaseen

Associate Spokesperson for the Secretary-General

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