Sustainable practices, more efficient systems and cleaner alternatives in agriculture can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution, while also improving yields, lives and livelihoods.

Climate change and other drivers have accelerated glacier melt, threatening water security, biodiversity and regional economies.

The Antarctic Treaty System, in place since 1961, is principally dedicated to the environmental threats that arise locally, including those from fishing, tourism and scientific research.

There is good news: the youth climate justice movement has officially declared that we do not intend to wait until someone invites us to make decisions affecting our own present and future.

A rise in the demand for energy linked to increasing incomes should not be justification for keeping people in poverty solely to avoid an escalation in emissions and its effects on climate change. 

The impacts of sea-level rise linked to climate change raise important questions of international law.

Disaster risk reduction, which lies at the nexus of development, humanitarian response and climate change, will strengthen resilience in each area, saving lives and ultimately advancing sustainable development.

The Climate Ambition Summit convened by the Secretary-General is a critical moment to prepare for a COP that delivers strong and concrete outcomes. We need to do more, faster.

Ultimately, planetary health and the sustainability of our economic system will depend on the social, demographic, economic and environmental choices that we make. 

Though we humans share the earth with the rest of its life forms, and we are an integrated part of its biodiversity, we have an outsized impact on the health of the planet.