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  1. Secretary-General's remarks to the Council of the International Telecommunication Union

    ... practices across borders and sectors can drive meaningful change. Last month’s AI for Good Global Summit, with more than 400 ... by 47 UN agencies, highlights how AI can supercharge climate action, health, lifelong learning, disaster response, and many other ...

  2. Secretary-General's remarks to opening of High-Level meeting on mobilization of resources for small island developing states 

    ... inflation and increased interest rates. Battered by a climate catastrophe they did not create. With shocks that are becoming more ... or concessional financing.  As the impacts of climate change have intensified, the financing gap in SIDS has become more urgent. ...

  3. Secretary-General's remarks at the closing of the Small Island Developing States Global Business Network Forum 

    ... to promoting sustainable tourism and mobilizing capital for climate resilience, SIDS will need to leverage private sector investments, ... 2024 Development Environment, climate change Sustainable Development Goals Tuesday, 28 May, ...

  4. Secretary-General's remarks to the Security Council on Strengthening the Role of the African State in Addressing Global Security and Development Challenges

    ... their capacity to fight poverty and hunger. Meanwhile, climate impacts are escalating, including droughts and ferocious flooding — ... violence, a flouting of international law and a global climate of impunity. The human cost of these conflicts is breathtaking. ...

  5. Secretary-General's remarks to the plenary meeting of the General Assembly to hear an address by President Sergio Mattarella of Italy

    ... threat. As our human family faces growing conflict, a climate crisis, growing inequalities, and disruptive technologies… one thing ... 07 May 2024 Environment, climate change Peace and Security Sustainable Development Goals ...

  6. Secretary-General's remarks to the Summit of the League of Arab States

    ... We face other serious global crises. The climate emergency; rising inequalities, poverty and hunger; crushing debt; and ... 16 May 2024 Environment, climate change Sustainable Development Goals Thursday, 16 May, ...

  7. Secretary-General's remarks for the Launch of the Panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals

    ... fuel era and this is of course essential if we want to keep climate under control and if we want to keep 1.5 degrees still possible. Now, delaying tactics from the fossil fuel industry cannot change that. Misinformation, distortion, and spin can’t change that – ...

  8. Secretary-General's remarks to the United Nations Civil Society Conference in support of the Summit of the Future 

    ... suffering, pushing for peace and justice, mobilizing for change. I see you feeding the hungry, standing up for truth, advancing ... development. Many of you work at great personal risk. Climate activists are being criminalised and persecuted; human rights defenders ...

  9. Remarks at "Momentum for Change" event

    ... the Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change for organizing this. I recall the expectations with which we ...

  10. Secretary-General's remarks at joint press encounter with President of Chile

    ... impact of natural disasters, which are being exacerbated by climate change, and the urgent need for the international community to take decisive ...