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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, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ 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

Losing the ground beneath our feet

Climate change and desertification are interconnected, and their impact on communities are devastating. The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Development Programme looks at efforts to reverse land degradation during the Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. 

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Rampant disinformation is delaying climate action

Climate disinformation is shared widely online, seeking to sow division and delay climate action. We need to fight back and flood the feeds with reliable, accurate information, writes Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Under-Secretary-General Melissa Fleming. 

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Elizabeth Mrema: Protecting the world¡¯s biodiversity

In August 2022, the world will convene in Kunming, China, to adopt a new framework for protecting the world¡¯s biodiversity. The Executive Secretary of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Convention on Biological Diversity, Elizabeth Mrema, speaks about the interlinkages between climate change and biodiversity loss.

Powering a safer future

Energy is at the heart of the climate challenge ¨C and key to the solution. As the world transitions to renewables from fossil fuels, here are five reasons why renewable energy is our answer to a healthy, livable planet. Learn more

 

Five ways to jump-start the renewable energy transition

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Secretary-General outlines five critical actions ¨C on technology, materials, policies, subsidies, and investments ¨C the world needs to prioritize now to transform energy systems and speed up the global shift to renewable energy ¡°because without renewables, there can be no future.¡± Read more

Realizing Africa¡¯s Sustainable Energy Future

¡°Without international support, including investment at scale, African countries will not be able to expand energy access to all and still reach their climate goals,¡± warn Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Special Envoy on Climate Ambition and Solutions Michael Bloomberg and head of Sustainable Energy for All Damilola Ogunbiyi in an op-ed. Read more

Kigali: Sustainable Energy for All Forum

¡°Closing the energy access gap and ending energy poverty is crucial,¡± says Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Secretary-General at the opening of the Forum which kicked off with major announcements on clean energy investments. Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Secretary-General¡¯s Remarks

What is renewable energy?

Derived from natural resources that are abundant and continuously replenished, renewable energy is key to a safer, cleaner, and sustainable world. Explore common sources of renewable energy here. Read more

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Abidjan Summit: Time is now to future proof the world¡¯s land

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Deputy-Secretary-General joins world leaders and calls on the international community to take urgent action to stem the loss of life and livelihoods due to the impacts of desertification, land degradation and drought, at the opening of the United Nations conference on desertification in C?te d¡¯Ivoire. Deputy Secretary-General¡¯s remarks

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New faith-based initiative on climate-responsible finance

People, communities, and organizations of faith have the influence to push private financiers to help accelerate the shift to renewable energy, says Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Secretary-General as religious leaders and Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµEP call for climate-response finance as a moral imperative and responsibility to children and our planet¡¯s future. 

Hindou Ibrahim: Living in harmony with nature

Thirty years ago, the Earth Summit, which took place in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, paved the way for the establishment of three major conventions on the environment - specifically on biodiversity, climate change and desertification. As countries meet on all three conventions in 2022, and indigenous rights activist Hindou Ibrahim talks about the indispensable role that indigenous communities around the world play in protecting life on our planet - its biodiversity, land and climate. 

Catalyzing action on energy commitments

Amidst surging energy and climate crises, the United Nations takes a major step in accelerating a transition to clean, affordable energy for all and net-zero emissions, with the launch of the  and the . 

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Chief¡¯s expert group ¡°to ensure net-zero commitments are ambitious and credible¡±

The Secretary-General¡¯s Net-Zero Expert Group meets for the first time on a mission to develop stronger and clearer standards for net-zero emissions pledges by entities - such as businesses, investors and cities - and speed up their implementation. 

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Climate initiative wins the Webby Awards

Dear World Leaders, an initiative by the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Development Programme to raise awareness of the global climate crisis, wins the Webby Awards as a website facilitating political change, social movement, and human rights. 

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Earth Day: We can all contribute to climate action

This Earth Day, we celebrate the invaluable contributions of indigenous and local communities who relentlessly protect our planet. ¡°We all can contribute towards climate action; our voice matters,¡± Archana says in this interview for our Voices of Change series.