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Sustainable Horizons: Showcasing Progress in the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration
The United Nations has declared the decade from 2021 to 2030 as the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, a global initiative led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). This ambitious decade aims to address the urgent need to prevent, halt, and reverse the loss and degradation of ecosystems worldwide.
Audio Languages: English, Original
8 May 2024
Meetings & Events
Innovate and Lead: Skills for Youth to Drive a Sustainable Future
The event offers an enabling space for interaction between youth and high-level decision makers, creators and entrepreneurs with the aim of breaking traditional barriers to dialogue and collaboration.
Audio Languages: English, Original
15 April 2024
News Stories
Early Warning Systems - Explainer
The State of the Climate Report 2023 report shows that records were once again broken, and in some cases smashed for Greenhouse gas levels, surface temperatures, ocean heat and acidification, sea level rise, Antarctic sea ice cover and glacier retreat. Heatwaves, floods, droughts, wildfires, and rapidly intensifying tropical cyclones caused misery and mayhem, upending everyday life for millions and inflicting many billions of dollars in economic losses.
Audio Languages: English, Original
19 March 2024
News Stories
SEAGRASS: THE SECRET POWERHOUSE WEAPON AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
A dramatic dolphin rescue by helicopter shows the power of technology to save a single animal. But to save countless dolphins, promote healthy ecosystems and activate a powerhouse weapon against climate change, the secret is to promote healthy seagrass. World Seagrass Day is an opportunity to renew global resolve to protect these incredible underwater meadows, which collectively absorb 30 times more carbon than terrestrial forests.
Audio Languages: English, Original
1 March 2024
Meetings & Events
Tackling mis/dis-information: an urgent frontier for action - SDG Media Zone at the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly
Climate impacts are accelerating with every fraction of a degree of global warming. Solutions to decarbonize exist for every sector of the economy. Yet denial, distortion and falsehoods about well-established scientific climate facts are flooding social media feeds, online news platforms, broadcasts and ad spaces – impacting public opinion and delaying or preventing action.
Audio Languages: English, Original
20 September 2023
Press Conferences
FSO Safer, Ukraine & other topics - Daily Press Briefing
Noon briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
Audio Languages: English
25 July 2023
Security Council
Climate Change, Peace and Security - Security Council, 9345th Meeting
Climate change is the defining challenge of our time. Its interconnected consequences – intensified extreme weather, rising sea levels, food and water insecurity, biodiversity loss and heightened health risks – jeopardize human life, livelihoods and ecosystems and have an adverse impact on national, regional and global stability.
Audio Languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish, Original
13 June 2023
Security Council
(Continued) Climate Change, Peace and Security - Security Council, 9345th Meeting
Climate change is the defining challenge of our time. Its interconnected consequences – intensified extreme weather, rising sea levels, food and water insecurity, biodiversity loss and heightened health risks – jeopardize human life, livelihoods and ecosystems and have an adverse impact on national, regional and global stability.
Audio Languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish, Original
13 June 2023
Press Conferences
Haiti, Sudan, South Sudan & other topics - Daily Press Briefing
Noon briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
Audio Languages: English, Original
26 April 2023
Meetings & Events
3rd Meeting, 13th Session of Working Party on Land Administration
The Thirteenth Session of the Working Party on Land Administration (WPLA) will provide an international platform for exchange on issues related to land administration and management. Representatives of the UNECE member States will elect one Chairperson, two Vice-Chairpersons and and as many additional Bureau members as WPLA deems appropriate during the session.
Audio Languages: English, French, Russian, Original
5 April 2023
Meetings & Events
2nd Meeting, 13th Session of Working Party on Land Administration
The Thirteenth Session of the Working Party on Land Administration (WPLA) will provide an international platform for exchange on issues related to land administration and management. Representatives of the UNECE member States will elect one Chairperson, two Vice-Chairpersons and and as many additional Bureau members as WPLA deems appropriate during the session.
Audio Languages: English, French, Russian, Original
4 April 2023
Meetings & Events
1st Meeting, 13th Session of Working Party on Land Administration
The Thirteenth Session of the Working Party on Land Administration (WPLA) will provide an international platform for exchange on issues related to land administration and management. Representatives of the UNECE member States will elect one Chairperson, two Vice-Chairpersons and and as many additional Bureau members as WPLA deems appropriate during the session.
Audio Languages: English, French, Russian, Original
4 April 2023