Dec 13, 2017, at 02:12 pm
New York, Dec 13(Just Earth News): Those who fail to bet on a green economy will be living in a grey future, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned Tuesday, calling for greater ambition by governments, civil society, the private sector and finance partners to help tackle the global climate challenge.
Bonn: UN conference closes with renewed urgency for greater ambition to tackle climate change
Nov 18, 2017, at 10:40 am
New York, Nov 18(Just Earth News): The United Nations Climate Conference (COP23) wrapped up on Friday in Bonn, Germany, with delegations expressing a renewed sense of urgency and a need for greater ambition to tackle climate change.
Bonn: Participants at UN conference examine human mobility in an era of climate change
Nov 09, 2017, at 09:37 am
New York, Nov 9(Just Earth News): As the number of people displaced worldwide due to climate change-related events continues to grow, the United Nations and its partners are focusing on regional approaches, framed by existing international practice, to respond to the issue of ‘climate refugees.’
At UN event in Rome, Pope Francis urges action on climate change, conflicts to end global hunger
Oct 17, 2017, at 04:48 am
New York, Oct 16(Just Earth News): Food security for all requires tackling climate change and ending conflicts, His Holiness, Pope Francis, stressed Monday at an official ceremony for World Food Day held at the Rome headquarters of the United Nations agriculture agency.
Cluster of extreme weather events leave no doubt climate change is real, Caribbean nations tell UN
Sep 24, 2017, at 04:00 pm
New York, Sept 24(Just Earth News): The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Trinidad and Tobago, echoing other senior government officials on Saturday and throughout the General Assembly’s annual general debate, questioned how, after the spate of recent catastrophic events in the Caribbean, South Asia and elsewhere, one could deny that “climate change is real, and it is upon us.â€
Global hunger rising again, driven by conflict and climate change – UN report
Sep 16, 2017, at 04:40 am
New York, Sept 15(Just Earth News): The number of people hungry around the world is up for the first time in more than a decade, says a new United Nations report issued on Friday, pointing to violent conflicts and climate change as the major drivers.
Amid rising temperatures, UN agency launches video ‘forecasts’ on impact of climate change
Jul 06, 2017, at 04:56 am
New York, July 5(Just Earth News): In a year already marked by heatwaves and new daily temperature records, the United Nations weather agency and television weather anchors have joined forces to create video forecasts that explore how climate change would make future summers even hotter in major cities of the world.
With focus on natural disasters, UN risk reduction forum opens in Mexico
May 26, 2017, at 12:49 pm
New York, May 26(Just Earth News): Opening a major United Nations conference on risk reduction in Cancun, Mexico, Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed cautioned that the world would not reach its development goals without tackling climate change and disaster risk.
May 24, 2017, at 02:08 pm
New York, May 24(Just Earth News): As world leaders and civil society representatives gather on Tuesday in Cancun, Mexico, for a biennial United Nations forum on preventing and mitigating disaster impacts, the UN on Tuesday launched an updated plan to increase the number of cities and towns with the capacity to reduce their disaster losses by 2020.
UN agricultural agency links food security and climate change in new guidelines
May 13, 2017, at 05:52 am
New York, May 13(Just Earth News): The United Nations agricultural agency on Friday unveiled guidelines to help Governments balance the needs of farming and climate change when making decisions, such as whether to refill a dried up lake or focus instead on sustainably using the forest on its shore.
UN agency and Chinese bike-share firm team up to raise awareness about climate change
Apr 26, 2017, at 01:05 pm
New York, Apr 26(Just Earth News): The United Nations development agency is teaming up with ofo, a China-based bike sharing platform, to raise public awareness about climate change, it was announced on Tuesday.
Climate change will lead to annual coral bleaching, UN-supported study predicts
Jan 06, 2017, at 05:44 am
New York, Jan 6 (Just Earth News): If current trends continue and the world fails to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, nearly all of the world's coral reefs will suffer severe bleaching – the gravest threat to one of the Earth's most important ecosystems – on annual basis, the United Nations environment agency on Thursday reported.
MARRAKECH: UN chief urges rapid scale-up in funding to address climate change
Nov 17, 2016, at 12:23 pm
New York, Nov 17 (Just Earth News): As the United Nations Climate Conference, known as COP 22, continued its work on Wednesday in Marrakech, Morocco, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged greater efforts to mobilize funding to address climate change, especially to support developing countries.
Nov 10, 2016, at 01:48 pm
New York, Nov 10 (Just Earth News): In a first for United Nations climate change conferences, a special day was devoted to action on water issues, providing stakeholders gathered in Marrakech, Morocco, for the so-called ‘COP 22’ an opportunity spotlight water as a way of providing solutions to help implement the Paris Agreement.
Future of food security depends on irrigation methods that adapt to climate change – UN agency
Nov 08, 2016, at 01:48 pm
New York, Nov 8 (Just Earth News): The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has warned that in order to adapt agriculture to a changing climate, new approaches to irrigation will need to be developed and implemented worldwide.
Put ‘people, not cars’ first in transport systems, says UN Environment chief
Oct 21, 2016, at 01:40 pm
New York, Oct 21 (Just Earth News): Lack of investment in safe walking and cycling infrastructure not only contributes to the deaths of millions of people in traffic accidents on unsafe roads and poorly designed roadways, but also overlooks a great opportunity to boost the fight against climate change, a new UN Environment report said on Thursday.
At UN, Kyrgyz Minster cites ‘tangible blows’ to country’s economy due to climate change
Sep 25, 2016, at 03:52 pm
New York, Sept 25 (Just Earth News): Addressing the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday, Erlan Abdyldavev, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan, expressed support for the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which contain a number of targets that are priorities for his country, including poverty reduction, high-quality education, health care, economic growth and environmental protection.
Sep 15, 2016, at 01:23 pm
New York, Sept 15 (Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday that the global challenges pertaining to refugees and migrants, climate change, and the war in Syria are the major topics that will likely figure prominently in this year’s high-level week at the United Nations.
Ban congratulates Kazakhstan on its signing of the Paris Agreement on climate change
Aug 04, 2016, at 01:18 pm
New York, Aug 4 (Just Earth News): In a meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, Erlan Idrissov, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon congratulated the country on its recent election as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, as well on its signing of the Paris Agreement under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
In China, Ban highlights country’s leadership on sustainable development, climate change
Jul 08, 2016, at 12:15 pm
New York, July 8 (Just Earth News): In China on Thursday, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon highlighted the country’s relationship with the Organization, noting in particular its crucial role in improving tensions, building peace and promoting the agenda on climate change.
World Heritage sites at risk from climate change – joint UN report
May 28, 2016, at 04:38 pm
New York, May 28 (Just Earth News):Some 31 natural and cultural World Heritage sites in 29 countries across the world are becoming increasingly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, a new report released by the United Nations has found.
New UN-backed report cites climate change among factors fuelling internal displacement
May 13, 2016, at 01:49 pm
New York, May 13 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Disasters associated with slow processes of environmental change – drought, sea level rise and desertification – demonstrate again the growing importance of climate change as a driver of disaster risk, as senior United Nations official said on Thursday on the heels of the release of a global report which revealed that more than 19 million people in 2015 were forced from their homes by natural hazards
From anger to laughter: what happens when three top comedians walk into the UN?
Mar 30, 2016, at 01:54 pm
New York, Mar 30 (Just Earth News/IBNS): What happens when three top comedians leave their Hollywood comfort-zone and walk into the United Nations to talk climate change and sustainability?
Livestock biodiversity must be preserved as tool against climate change: UN agency
Jan 28, 2016, at 02:13 pm
New York, Jan 28 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The genetic diversity of livestock can play a vital role in feeding the world in the face of hotter weather and the other effects of climate change, yet many valuable breeds continue to be at risk, the United Nations agricultural agency warned on Wednesday, calling for stronger global efforts to safeguard the existing gene pool.
COP21: Efforts advance on reaching climate change agreement, says UN official
Dec 10, 2015, at 03:09 pm
New York, Dec 10 (Just Earth News/IBNS): A new stage in the development of a final agreement on climate change to limit global temperature rise to below two degrees Celsius or less has been reached on Wednesday, according to the United Nations Assistant Secretary-General on Climate Change.
COP21: Grassroots organizations spotlight women's voices at UN climate conference
Dec 09, 2015, at 03:36 pm
New York, Dec 9 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Dozens of non-governmental organizations rallying outside the United Nations climate change conference (COP21) in Paris on Tuesday voiced the importance of bringing more women to the forefront of discussions, both in terms of who is negotiating the new climate agreement and what will be written within its pages.
We have the unique opportunity to define our own destiny: Ban
Dec 08, 2015, at 04:22 pm
New York, Dec 8 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Calling climate change a defining issue of our time, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday told top government officials that the opportunity exists "to define our own destiny" at the UN climate change conference (COP21) in Paris.
COP21: UN emphasizes impact of young and future generations to tackle climate change
Dec 04, 2015, at 02:54 pm
New York, Dec 4 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The halls of the United Nations climate change conference (COP21) grew livelier on Thursday as hundreds of participants gathered to mark "young and future generations day," an opportunity for youth to remind world leaders and negotiators of the need to reach an ambitious climate agreement to secure their future, according to the UN Envoy on Youth.
Indigenous people need support to reinforce resilience against climate change: UNESCO
Nov 28, 2015, at 02:18 pm
New York, Nov 28 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Building resilience “is deeply rooted in [the] lifestyles and social solidarity†of the more than 400 million indigenous people – from the Samis of northern Europe, Berbers in Morocco to Vanuatu communities in the Pacific – who are feeling the adverse effects of climate change even they contribute little to its causes, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
UN agencies weigh in on climate change impacts ahead of Paris conference
Nov 28, 2015, at 02:12 pm
New York, Nov 28 (Just Earth News/IBNS): In the weeks leading up to the United Nations climate change conference (COP21), which begins in Paris on Monday and aims to reach a new universal climate agreement, many of the Organization’s agencies and programmes announced their latest climate-related findings, bringing to light new data, major concerns, and underlining existing and potential opportunities to preserve the planet.