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Climate Solutions

COVID-19 exposed the consequences of the failure to make sufficient progress on the Sustainable Development Goals and in implementing the Paris Agreement on climate change. We would have been in a better place if we had.

We must change course, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said, or we risk missing the point where we can avoid the “disastrous consequences for people and all the natural systems that sustain us.”

As we continue to tackle the pandemic, the enormity of the climate emergency can be daunting. What can one person or even one nation do on their own to reverse this challenge? Good news is that solutions do exist!

Climate Solutions
Zero carbon city

UNFCCC lauds net-zero moves in Japan

Climate chief Patricia Espinosa welcomed growing commitments to carbon neutrality by Japan, nationally and by 200 local and regional governments. She pointed to net-zero cities as critical to reaching global climate goals. .

building back better from COVID-19

Gear up the green recovery

New research has found that only 18 per cent of pandemic recovery spending by 50 leading economies supports national commitments to build back more sustainably. The findings underline how a green recovery could stimulate stronger economic growth while addressing inequalities. .

Processing peppers in Turkey

Serve food, not emissions

FAO launched a pioneering tool to gear up the move to sustainable food. From land use to packaging, food systems emit a third of global emissions. .

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Women climate leaders celebrate International Women’s Day

See what Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed and other top women leaders from around the United Nations have to say about how women everywhere can power up to drive the climate agenda. From inclusive communities to climate justice to renewable energy to choices in daily life – your leadership matters. Your actions count.

Vegetables

Food waste adds up

An astonishing 10 per cent of global emissions may come from food waste. A new report provides the latest estimates on the scope of the problem, and outlines the first comprehensive method to track and reduce it. .

Forests

Make nature count!

The UN Statistical Commission launched talks on a new framework to value the contributions nature makes to human well-being. It could transform decisions on the economy and the environment. .

Renewable energy and blue skies

End the addiction to coal

The UN chief told the Powering Past Coal Alliance Summit that now is the time to phase out coal, as among the most important actions to limit global warming. Plus: It’s now cheaper to build renewable energy systems. Read the statement.

Portrait of Elliott Harris

Elliott Harris: Measure the value of nature – before it’s too late

UN Chief Economist Elliott Harris introduces a ground-breaking shift in valuing nature as a way of making more informed decisions about economies, climate action and the protection of biodiversity. He urges acting now to end a 100-year legacy of treating environmental resources as free and limitless, a pattern that imperils our future.

Industrial chimneys with smoke causing air pollution.

UN issues red alert

A new report on national climate plans intended to achieve the Paris agreement shows ambition falling alarmingly short. .

Young girls carry water from a source near Yangambi, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

For security, act on climate

Climate shocks threaten stability, UN chief António Guterres told the Security Council, while UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged action to keep the world safe. British broadcaster Sir David Attenborough called for reaching a “new stable state”. .

Triple emergencies: A blueprint to act

Making Peace with Nature, the latest UNEP report, synthesizes the science on climate, biodiversity loss and pollution. It calls for actions by all parts of society to protect both people and the planet. .

The Eiffel Tower in Paris

US Return to Paris Offers Hope

The UN Secretary-General joined US Special Envoy John Kerry in welcoming the official re-entry of the United States to the Paris Agreement. The moment was good news for the world. .

Secretary-General António Guterres attends a virtual meeting from his office with the Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change.

To the Secretary-General: youth press for climate priorities

The seven members of the global Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change met with Secretary-General António Guterres for a spirited discussion on climate action priorities for 2021. Read more.

an offshore wind farm

An island for clean energy

Denmark’s largest construction project in its history is about to commence—an artificial wind energy island generating electricity for up to 10 million European households.

Bloomberg to be Special Envoy

The Secretary-General reappointed Michael R. Bloomberg of the United States as Special Envoy on Climate Ambition and Solutions. He will help grow the coalition committed to net-zero emissions. Read full story