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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

Causes and Effects of Climate Change

Fossil fuels 每 coal, oil and gas 每 are by far the largest contributor to global climate change, accounting for over 75 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions and nearly 90 per cent of all carbon dioxide emissions. Read more

Q&A with IPCC Scientist Christopher Trisos

The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on warns that human-induced climate change is causing dangerous and widespread disruption in nature and affecting the lives of billions of people around the world, despite efforts to reduce the risks. 

IPCC Video: Our Climate is our Future

All life on earth, from ecosystems to human civilization, is vulnerable to a changing climate. Unprecedented changes have already affected all forms of life in every part of the world. .

IPCC report &a damning indictment of failed global leadership on climate*

UN scientists deliver a stark warning, saying that ecosystem collapse, species extinction, deadly heatwaves and floods are among the "unavoidable multiple climate hazards§ the world will face over the next two decades due to global warming. .

Nations agree to end plastic pollution

175 nations agree to develop a legally binding agreement on plastic pollution by 2024, prompting a major step towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions from plastic production, use and disposal. .

Fossil fuels are a dead end, warns UN chief

In his statement on the latest IPCC report, Secretary-General Ant車nio Guterres called for an urgent transition to renewable energy as well as vastly scaled up investments in adapting and building resilience to the worsening climate impacts. Read more

IPCC WGII Report

On 28 February 2022, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a major reporton Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability - packed with scientific information on the state of the planet, its ecosystems and habitats as well as an overview of the challenges and solutions associated with the growing climate risks seen around the world. Read more.

Action for nature

Follow the UN Environment Assembly, the world*s highest environmental decision-making body, addressing the world*s most pressing environmental challenges -- from climate change, to plastic pollution, biodiversity loss, chemical waste and more.

5 million climate actions

People everywhere are taking steps to be part of the solution to the climate crisis. More than 5 million actions have been logged through the ActNow campaign. Learn more. . 

Frontiers 2022: Noise, Blazes and Mismatches

The UN Environment Programme*s latest Frontiers Report warns of intensifying environmental issues, including wildfires, urban noise pollution and phenological mismatches, that require greater attention. 

International Day of Women and Girls in Science

Norah Magero, a renewable energy expert from Kenya, explains why ※women-led actions need to be sufficiently and equitably funded to achieve a just, green transition.§ . Learn more about the International Day.

Photocomposition: the photo of Vanessa Nakate, in black and white, in front of a red background. The African continent map is highlighted in her right side.

Vanessa Nakate: Climate change is about the people

Vanessa Nakate started her journey as a climate activist in 2018. The climate crisis has been one of the greatest threats affecting the lives of many Ugandans - and she became increasingly aware and concerned about communities particularly vulnerable to the crippling impacts of a warming planet.

UN chief calls for action to put out &5-alarm global fire*

※We must go into emergency mode against the climate crisis. We need an avalanche of action,§ says UN Secretary-General Ant車nio Guterres, laying out his priorities for 2022.§ .

2021 joins top 7 warmest years on record: WMO

The UN weather agency lists 2021 as one of the seven warmest years on record, with global temperatures rising more than 1∼C above pre-industrial levels and edging closer to the limit laid out under the 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change. .

Why 2022 will matter for climate action

As the world picks up speed in its race against climate change and moves forward from the 2021 Glasgow Climate Change Conference, let*s look at ten key global events in 2022 that will shape critical conversations and influence public policy decisions around one of the most defining issues of our time. Read more.