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  1. Secretary-General's joint press encounter with the Federal Chancellor of Austria

    ... to help us get where we need to be by 2015. On climate change, I expressed my deep appreciation for his own personal participation in ...

  2. Secretary-General's remarks at Security Council Briefing on Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace: Strengthening Partnerships for Successful Nationally-owned Transitions [as delivered]

    ... and violations of human rights, exacerbated by climate change and the movement of people.   Our ongoing reform process is ...

  3. Secretary-General's video message to the Nobel Peace Prize Forum

    ... society, business, cities and regions, pushing for urgent climate action.  Mindsets are gradually shifting. The European Union, the ... crisis can and must be turned into an opportunity for change. The Nobel Committee showed the way by awarding its Peace Prize to ...

  4. Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at the Closing of the Special Session on Advancing Sustainable Development in Complex Settings [as prepared for delivery]

    ... more frequent and more extreme events, as the impacts of climate change are increasingly felt. If we cannot find a way to advance ...

  5. Note to correspondents - press release on historic agreement adopted for conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in over two-thirds of the ocean

    ... the cumulative impacts of activities and the consequences of climate change, ocean acidification and related impacts, in areas beyond national ...

  6. Deputy Secretary-General's opening remarks at joint meeting between United Nations and African Development Bank with Heads of State and Government of African Countries [as prepared for delivery]

    ... and governance. Reducing inequalities and addressing climate change are also critical, as is harnessing the capacities of young people, ...

  7. Deputy Secretary-General's remarks to the media at the International Event for the Financing of the Reconstruction of the Southern Peninsula of Haiti

    ... disaster risk reduction measures and adapting better to climate change; these issues are intrinsically linked to long-term political will, and ...

  8. Statement to the Seventh Joint Annual Meeting of the Economic Commission for Africa Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development and the African Union Conference of Ministers of Economy and Finance

    ... the vulnerability of its growth sectors to the impact of climate change.  By low-carbon and resilient industrialization, particularly in the ...

  9. Deputy Secretary-General's remarks to the 2nd Meeting of the Group of Friends of Sustaining Peace [as prepared for delivery]

    ... the Sustainable Development Goals, the Paris Agreement on climate change and the World Humanitarian Summit.  These reports and agreements ...

  10. Deputy Secretary-General's remarks to NYC Webinar Series,“Global Vision/Urban Action: Collaborating for a Stronger Future” [as prepared for delivery]

    ... mobility in recovery plans,  we will advance on SDG 13 -- climate action --  and the goals of the Paris agreement.   With that in ...   We have a historic opportunity to work together for change, for macroeconomic choices and fiscal policies that are pro-poor and ...