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COP28 is about action, not politics, ‘posturing or point scoring,’ says UN climate chief | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
UN climate chief Simon Stiell said on Wednesday that COP28 delegates are not in Dubai to “score points” and play at “lowest-denominator...
COP28: Tuesday’s climate action in Dubai | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
The UN climate conference will continue its work on Tuesday focusing on issues that include scaling up financing for the Paris Agreement,...
UN cites ‘alarming surge’ in climate change over the past decade as COP28 pushes for global emissions cuts | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
The past decade has been confirmed the warmest ever recorded, continuing an alarming 30-year trend that the UN weather chief said on...
COP28: Over 60 countries pledge to slash cooling emissions amid rising temperatures | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
With rising temperatures leading to demand for more air conditioners and other cooling equipment, a new UN report launched Tuesday at...
COP28: The climate crisis is also a health crisis | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Health has made it to the agenda of a UN climate conference, and health advocates at COP28 in Dubai on Sunday said the topic was long...
COP28: Methane pledge by the ‘giants behind the climate crisis’ falls short, says Guterres | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Sunday sent a strong message to the oil and gas industry: the pledges made at COP28 in Dubai fall...
Tackling health impacts of climate change and scaling up digital climate action in the spotlight at COP28 | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Delegates at COP28 in Dubai on Saturday called for stronger and more resilient global health systems, which are indispensable to...
COP28: UN chief previews panel on management of minerals essential for green energy transition | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday announced his plan to set up a panel aimed to ensure the move from fossil fuels towards...
COP28: As ‘humanity’s fate hangs in the balance’, UN chief calls for urgent action to prevent planetary crash | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Earth’s vital signs are failing and to prevent planetary crash and burn, “we need…cooperation and political will”, UN Secretary General...
Global agrifood systems are the climate solution, new FAO report highlights | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Agrifood systems and the communities that support and depend on them are on the front lines of loss and damage linked to climate change, a...