Climate Solutions

COVID-19 exposed the consequences of the failure to make sufficient progress on the Sustainable Development Goals and in implementing the Paris Agreement on climate change. We would have been in a better place if we had.

We must change course, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said, or we risk missing the point where we can avoid the “disastrous consequences for people and all the natural systems that sustain us.”

As we continue to tackle the pandemic, the enormity of the climate emergency can be daunting. What can one person or even one nation do on their own to reverse this challenge? Good news is that solutions do exist!

Climate Solutions
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Five ways education is driving environmental action

From classrooms to communities, and from local initiatives to global movements, here are five ways in which education is driving environmental action.
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How direct grants support Indigenous climate leadership in Cambodia

Indigenous communities in Cambodia are leading climate action, protecting forests, securing land and strengthening livelihoods through direct grants.

From family farm to climate tech: How one Kenyan woman is helping farmers outsmart drought

Giving up is not an option - so many people depend on you,” the words of Maryanne Gichanga, a participant in a UN supported initiative, which aims to help farmers in Kenya find solutions to alleviate the pressures of climate change on agriculture production.

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Why finance climate action?

Climate action requires significant investment, but its value is immense: a livable climate. Countries around the world are showing how climate finance can improve people’s lives and prospects for the planet.

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Women on the frontlines: Indonesia’s forest firefighters

As Indonesia grapples with the dual pressures of climate change and rapid deforestation, women are stepping into crucial roles in forest fire management, contributing their unique strengths to prevention and response.

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All About the NDCs

Nationally Determined Contributions, or NDCs, are national climate action plans by each country under the Paris Agreement. A country's NDC outlines how it plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to help meet the global goal of limiting temperature rise to 1.5C and adapt to the impacts of climate change. The Paris Agreement requires that NDCs are updated every five years with increasingly higher ambition, taking into consideration each country’s capacity.

Protecting people by protecting the planet

Climate change is putting not only the health of our planet, but the health of people everywhere at risk. Learn about two critical areas of climate action that bring immediate health benefits.

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July 2023 is the hottest month ever recorded

The UN Chief spoke on the global average temperature this July, which was confirmed to be the highest on record and likely for at least 120,000 years. July also had the highest-ever ocean surface temperatures.

5 facts on the impacts of heatwaves

Parts of the Northern hemisphere are experiencing severe heatwaves – and extreme weather is on the rise globally. How does heat impact societies? Read more here.

Act for our common future: working together for the Sustainable Development Goals

Choose your issue. Make an impact. Embrace the possible. That’s the call of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, a blueprint for a better world. We don’t have to wait for the future we want—we can create it right now. Everyone can join the global movement for change. Read more.

 

How to speed up the shift to renewable energy

Read about five critical actions to transform our energy systems and end our reliance on fossil fuels, the main cause of climate change.

“Now must be the time for ambition and action”

Learn about the Summit the UN Chief is convening in New York on 20 September 2023 to accelerate action to tackle the climate crisis.

Tackling online mis- and disinformation

The UN Chief put forward a framework for a global response to address the “grave global harm” caused by the proliferation of hate and lies in the digital space that are fueling conflict, threatening democracy and human rights, and undermining public health and climate action. Read more.