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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 [...]
World Urban Forum: The search for solutions to the global housing crisis moves to Cairo
As the world’s population moves inexorably and rapidly to ever larger cities, how can we make sure that urban environments are sustainable and safe for their citizens? These questions and more will be tackled at the twelfth edition of the World Urban Forum.
UN SDG Action Awards: Celebrating Hope in Action and Driving Solutions for a Sustainable Future
On 29 October, the 2024 UN SDG Action Awards are set to showcase the remarkable global efforts to transform aspirations for a sustainable future into reality.
The latest UN biodiversity summit opens in Colombia; here’s what’s at stake
The UN biodiversity summit known as COP16 officially opened in Colombia on Monday, and hopes are high that negotiating countries can agree on a path forward to safeguarding the planet.
A ‘people’s COP’ to heal the planet: UN biodiversity summit opens in Colombia
Secretary-General António Guterres urged delegations from some 190 countries to “make peace [...]
Press Release | United Nations adopts ground-breaking Pact for the Future to transform global governance
United Nations adopts ground-breaking Pact for the Future to transform [...]