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UN-Habitat COVID-19 Readiness and Responsiveness Tracker
In association with CitiQ, the UN-Habitat has launched a new data platform to provide information from cities around the world to help develop response strategies and protect the population.
How can we address housing insecurity during the pandemic? – The Urban Institute Podcast
In the first of a series of podcasts on how the pandemic will affect vulnerable populations, host Justin Milner speaks with Mary Cunningham, vice president of the Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center and researcher Samantha Batko about how the pandemic impacts those experiencing homelessness, those on the edge of becoming homeless and what policymakers can do to help.
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COP28: The UN’s net-zero food plan to save the 1.5-degree goal, combat climate ‘doomisim’ | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
As COP28 heads into its final working days in Dubai, the UN’s agriculture wing launched on Sunday a ground-breaking plan that looks to transform the world’s agrifood systems from a net emitter to a carbon sink by 2050.
Our voices and needs must be put first in climate talks, young people tell COP28 | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Young climate advocates at COP28 in Dubai on Friday said they will not sit idly by while climate change threatens their futures. They demanded that government policymakers put the needs of the world’s nearly 2 billion children first – their voices and ideas can help...
COP28 in Dubai enters final week, negotiations ahead on emissions cuts, fossil fuels | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
After a break, COP28 continues its work on Friday, also the day talks on an outcome text kick into high gear. Negotiators are trying to agree on how to bolster emissions-cutting targets set by the Paris Agreement and what to do about the future of fossil fuels, like...
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 politics”; they must take ambitious action on curbing global warming and ending the climate crisis.
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 Tuesday is “unequivocally driven by greenhouse gas emissions from human activities.”
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, slashing emissions in the cooling sector, ensuring a climate resilient energy sector and a dialogue with indigenous peoples.
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 climate talks in Dubai lays out a pathway to cut emissions across the cooling sector worldwide.
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 well short of what it takes to meaningfully tackle the climate crisis.
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 overdue for discussion because climate inaction is costing lives and impacting health every single day.
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 renewable energy is just, sustainable and benefits all countries.