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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

How are Arab States scaling up on climate action?

Climate change poses the greatest challenge the Arab States region has ever faced, says the UN Development Programme*s Kishan Khoday looking at the urgent need for climate action across the region. 

First-ever Middle East and North Africa Climate Week

The first-ever organized by (UNFCCC), marks a significant milestone in the lead up to COP27 which will take place in Egypt in November.

How to keep disasters at bay

As the changing climate increasingly throws us curve balls, let*s look at how we can be prepared to face extreme weather-related events. 

Timor-Leste floods teach costly lessons

The need for early warning systems and disaster-risk reduction and preparedness become acute due to flashfloods during Timor-Leste*s rainy season. 

Drawing disaster-preparedness lessons from Tonga*s volcano

Following a massive volcanic eruption off the coast of Tonga earlier this year, experts stress the need for investments in ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction and climate action. 

UN weather agency to spearhead 5-year early warning plan

UN sets an ambitious five-year deadline for countries to ensure that people everywhere are protected by early warning systems against extreme weather and climate change, the UN chief announces. 

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UN Chief: Early warning systems save lives

On World Meteorological Day, UN Secretary-General puts the safety and protection of everyone on the forefront, calling for live-saving early warning systems before deadly disasters strike. 

Time for &tangible and credible* forest management

International Day of Forests: The sustainable management of forests and their resources are key to combating climate change, and to contributing to the prosperity and well-being of current and future generations. 

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Elizabeth Wathuti: We can change so much in the world

Elizabeth Wathuti, a Green Climate Fund Youth Champion, and the founder of the Green Generation Initiative, calls for solidarity and compassion in our efforts to address the world*s growing climate and ecological crises. 

Madagascar: Standing up to climate disasters

Amidst the devastation and destruction wrought by climate disasters, women share stories of loss, hope and solidarity, helping those whose lives were upended recover. 

The Mexican violinist who saved the Sierra Gorda

Martha Isabel Ruiz Corzo leads and inspires some 17,000 local environmental activists to protect Mexico*s Sierra Gorda, now declared a protected biosphere reserve. 

Fighting back the desert

In the Nigerien town of Ouallam, women stave off desertification, improve their local environment and provide food for their communities by adapting to climate change. 

India*s rural energy pioneers

Women salt farmers in the Indian state of Gujarat learn to work as solar panel and pump technicians, in pursuit of a more sustainable and better paid career in the renewable energy industry. 

Women Scientists on the Forefront of Climate Action

The world*s understanding of climate change has improved exponentially thanks to science, technology and the dedication of some of the world*s top climate scientists. Get to know some of the female climate scientists of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and their unique contributions to the understanding of the state of our planet and the solutions to the climate crisis.   

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Inger Andersen: Justice is an essential part of the environmental discussion

As the UN Environment Programme marks fifty years of environmental diplomacy, Executive Director Inger Andersen talks about the importance of climate justice and the urgent shifts the world needs to make to realize a climate-resilient and low-emissions future.