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Press Release | WMO confirms 2024 as warmest year on record at about 1.55°C above pre-industrial level
WMO confirms 2024 as warmest year on record at about [...]
Press Release | Global growth to remain subdued amid lingering uncertainty, warns UN report
Global growth to remain subdued amid lingering uncertainty, warns UN [...]
Era of AI: Internet Governance Forum closes with call for stronger multistakeholder action to harness digital promise and tackle threats
The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Riyadh concluded following five days of multistakeholder and high-level discussions.The Forum brought together experts, the private sector, technical community and civil society, in its largest-ever gathering with more than 11,000 participants, to address the transformative opportunities and risks posed by rapid advancements of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and other digital technologies.
New report on international migration and sustainable development in time for International Migrants Day
17 December 2024 - Every year, millions of people leave their countries [...]
19th Internet Governance Forum sets out vision for inclusive, equitable digital future
Amidst a series of global challenges, the 19th United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) opened today in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia under the theme, "Building Our Multistakeholder Digital Future" with a call for collective action and collaboration among governments, private sector, and civil society.
United Nations conference in Riyadh charts a path for global action on land, drought
After two weeks of intense negotiations on how to tackle land degradation, desertification and drought, the largest and most inclusive United Nations land conference wrapped up in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Press Release | Three-Quarters of Earth’s Land Became Permanently Drier in Last Three Decades: UN
Three-Quarters of Earth’s Land Became Permanently Drier in Last Three [...]
Sport4Land Champions Unveiled at United Nations Land Conference
The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) today unveiled its first-ever #Sport4Land Champions at COP16, the largest United Nations land conference in the Middle East region to date.
Global response to drought takes center stage at UN land conference in Riyadh
Negotiations on a global drought regime are set to dominate the 16thConference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP16) as 197 Parties gather to address one of the world’s deadliest and costliest disasters. The conference opened on Monday, 2 December with major political and financial commitments to strengthen drought resilience worldwide.
Plastic pollution treaty negotiations adjourn in Busan, to resume next year
Countries negotiating a legally binding instrument on plastic pollution concluded [...]
Talks begin in South Korea to clinch ‘essential’ deal on plastics pollution
Talks began in Busan, South Korea, on Monday aiming to [...]
COP29 climate talks conclude with $300 billion annual pledge, but developing nations call deal ‘an insult’
Rich nations pledged to contribute at least $300 billion annually [...]
COP29 gets boost from Rio as G20 leaders back scaling up climate finance from ‘billions to trillions’
The high-level diplomatic push for climate action shifted southward on Tuesday as G20 leaders meeting in Rio sent a clear signal to negotiating teams at stalled UN climate talks in Baku on the need to rapidly and substantially ‘scale up climate finance from billions to trillions from all sources.’
‘Cut the theatrics’: UN climate chief tells COP29 negotiators to focus on solutions as talks enter final week
As COP29 climate talks in Baku enter their final week, [...]
Ahead of G20 Summit in Brazil, Guterres urges bloc to take the lead on peace, climate and other challenges
The G20 group of developed economies must be at the forefront [...]
Press Release | Global community advances the future of data for sustainable development at fifth UN World Data Forum
Global community advances the future of data for sustainable development [...]
COP29: Push for agreement on a new climate finance deal ‘right from the start’
Following another year of record-high global heat and extreme weather [...]