Health and climate change
Climate change is expected to cause about 250,000 additional deaths per year from malnutrition, malaria, diarrhoea and heat stress. Reducing greenhouse gases can deliver big health benefits. Read more.
Why biodiversity matters
Ahead of the International Day of the Tropics (29 June), find out why protecting the diversity of life on Earth is essential for limiting carbon emissions and adapting to climate impacts. Read more about biodiversity and the climate here.
See what climate action looks like
Take a look at #MyClimateAction – a photo and video contest conducted by the Agora mobile app, in support of the UN’s ActNow campaign. Be inspired by people taking action and championing solutions to drive change. Read more.
Meet the new Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change
Seven young climate leaders started their two-year term as the UN Secretary-General’s Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change. Meet them here!
UN climate report stresses urgency to act to secure a livable future
There are multiple, feasible and effective options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to human-caused climate change, and they are available now, said scientists in the latest report released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on 20 March. Read more.
Media is Hope: Japanese youth, media and the UN team up for climate action
Founded in 2022 and led by a group of engaged young Japanese in their 20s and 30s, Media is Hope has already grown to more than 50 members from civil society with a mission to promote social change for larger climate action by disseminating accurate climate information, monitoring media coverage on climate change, and building bridges with media and sponsoring organizations.
Marking the Kyoto Protocol’s 25th anniversary
The Kyoto Protocol, the first international treaty to set legally binding targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions, was adoped 25 years ago, on 11 December 1997, in Kyoto, Japan.
Bertrand Piccard: Profitable solutions exist
UN Environment Programme’s Goodwill Ambassador Bertrand Piccard, who was responsible for Solar Impulse, the first successful round-the-world solar-powered flight, talks about the power of solutions and innovation to advance climate action around the world.
Ellie Goulding: Step up and be brave
On Biodiversity Day at COP27 (16 November), the UN Environment Programme's (UNEP) Goodwill Ambassador, and singer and song-writer Ellie Goulding spoke about the importance of coral reefs and why more needs to be done to protect the vibrant ecosystem that sustains life under water.
Carlos Manuel Rodriguez: It's in the self-interest of countries to protect nature
Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, the CEO of the Global Environment Facility, talks about what to expect on the road to the UN Biodiversity Conference that will present a once-in-a-decade opportunity to usher in a new global framework to protect and conserve the world’s biodiversity.
Inger Andersen: Think smartly about our footprint
Inger Andersen, the Executive Director of UNEP, discusses the importance of protecting the world’s biodiversity for climate action, and speaking ahead of the UN Biodiversity Conference in December 2022, she explains why a global biodiversity framework is more needed than ever.
Mary Robinson: We need transformative decisions
Mary Robinson, the Chair of the Elders, and a former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and Envoy on Climate Change, talks about the importance of advancing gender equality and leadership in climate change response.
Jim Skea: Every fraction of a degree of warming matters
Jim Skea, the co-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Working Group III on Mitigation, talks about advances in efforts to reduce emissions and remove carbon from the atmosphere as well as what happens if the climate warms more than 1.5°C.
Sabrina Dhowre Elba: When you empower a woman, you empower a nation
Goodwill Ambassador for the International Fund for Agricultural Development Sabrina Dhowre Elba talks about the importance of investing and empowering rural communities, especially women and girls, to adapt to the impacts of climate change.
Emi Mahmoud: See us as more than just numbers
Sudanese-American slam poet and Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency Emtithal (Emi) Mahmoud talks about the importance of "representing under-represented voices" in the negotiations and decisions being made at COP27.