UN Secretary-General António Guterres addressed G20 finance ministers and central bank governors with a call to deliver on COVID-19 vaccines, economic recovery and climate finance. He reminded developed economies that solidarity depends in part on fulfilling the longstanding commitment to provide $100 billion in public climate finance annually to developing countries, with half pegged to measures to safeguard people from climate impacts. Read more.

The UN Secretary-General spoke to a gathering of countries most vulnerable to climate change, lauding their leadership on climate action, and calling on wealthier countries to rebuild trust by delivering on climate finance commitments. Read more.

A new World Bank report lays out a clear economic case for protecting natural ecosystems. Not doing so could result in a global loss of $2.7 trillion a year by 2030. Read more.

Join people across the region to find out what’s happening to keep a livable planet. Check our page on the week for a quick glance at ideas, actions, science and ambitious plans to move forward.

Accelerating energy transitions in line with a livable climate could double energy jobs, up to 122 million by 2050 according to a new report. It also finds a substantial boost to the global economy. Read more.

As the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All, Damilola Ogunbiyi is passionate about ending energy poverty. Progress demands collective commitment and clear plans, tools and finance, with the upcoming high-level dialogue on energy offering a chance to mobilize action.

A new report affirms worsening droughts are pressuring people around the world. With preventing droughts far less costly than responding to them, it profiles solutions based on real-world experiences. Read more.

2020 could have been a gamechanger for climate. But the planet’s biggest polluters barely met or even missed renewable energy targets. A new report urges a paradigm shift towards assessing all economic activities based on transitioning to renewable energy. Read more.

At the G7 meeting, Secretary-General António Guterres singled out three priorities: a global coalition for net-zero emissions, renewed emphasis on adapting to climate change as the “forgotten part” of international climate support, and finance for developing countries to pursue ambitious emissions cuts and address already profound challenges caused by climate shifts. Read more.

Ambassador Peter Thomson of Fiji, UN Special Envoy for the Ocean, mobilizes global action to conserve and sustainably use the ocean. He spoke recently about ocean-climate connections, perspectives from small island developing States and the far-reaching possibilities in developing a sustainable blue economy.