COP28: Women and climate advocates driving forward change together

COP28: Women and climate advocates driving forward change together

This year’s UN climate conference, underway in the United Arab Emirates’ largest city, Dubai, opened its second full week hearing a diverse cross-section of women leaders and activists raise their voices to call for ending existing gender gaps and mitigating the worsening impacts of climate change on women and girls. Prevailing gender norms, existing inequalities…

Read More
Tackling health impacts of climate change and scaling up digital climate action in the spotlight at COP28

Tackling health impacts of climate change and scaling up digital climate action in the spotlight at COP28

Ahead of the first ever ‘Health Day’ at a UN climate conference, delegates signed onto a new declaration on climate and health and separately considered the role of digital technology can play in climate action.  The UN World Health Organization (WHO) welcomed the new declaration, which aims to help accelerate actions to protect people from…

Read More
Global agrifood systems are the climate solution, new FAO report highlights 

Global agrifood systems are the climate solution, new FAO report highlights 

The current climate crisis is affecting the world’s capacity to produce sufficient food. Its multiple impacts on water, soil, biodiversity, as well as the frequency of extreme weather events are leading to increased food insecurity. These effects diminish crop yields, livestock productivity, and the potential of fisheries and aquaculture as food producers, according to the report….

Read More
Impact of ‘failed promises’ on climate, evident in Antarctica: A UN Resident Coordinator blog

Impact of ‘failed promises’ on climate, evident in Antarctica: A UN Resident Coordinator blog

Maria José Torres Macho travelled to Antarctica with the UN chief, António Guterres, ahead of the global climate conference, COP28, which is getting underway in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates: “The sleeping continent hides under its beauty, its undeniable role as a key climate regulator for the planet. While we enjoyed the majestic and…

Read More
In visit to Antarctica, Guterres appeals for action to end ‘climate anarchy’

In visit to Antarctica, Guterres appeals for action to end ‘climate anarchy’

António Guterres is in Antarctica this week, where he saw first-hand how climate change is impacting the world’s southernmost continent, which is mostly covered in ice. The heat is on “Fossil fuel pollution is heating our planet, unleashing climate anarchy in Antarctica,” said Mr. Guterres, adding that the Southern Ocean has taken the majority of…

Read More