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Climate-driven disasters are reaching ¡°nightmare proportions¡± due to humanity¡¯s ¡°addiction¡± to fossil fuels, a top Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ official warned on Tuesday. Read Full Story on Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ News
The amount of land burned by wildfires across Europe has increased by 57 per cent in four years,?according to new data from the World Health Organization (WHO) in Europe. Read Full Story on Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ News
Satellites can now spot major methane leaks from space within days. Yet only 13 per cent of those alerts lead to any response from the governments or companies responsible. Read Full Story on Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ News
The Security Council is meeting now in New York to debate critical minerals ¡ª the lithium, cobalt and copper powering the clean energy transition. Demand is set to triple by 2030. The question: will this [...]
The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ General Assembly closed its first ever High-level Meeting on road safety on Tuesday by adopting a sweeping new declaration aimed at halving road deaths by 2030 ¨C over the sole objection of the [...]
Amid surging lunar exploration, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ on Monday urged governments to ensure that humanity's return to the Moon does not come at the expense of planet Earth ¨C or the long-term sustainability of space. Read [...]
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Launch of Secretary-General’s Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change ¨C 27 July
Building on the climate action momentum, the Secretary-General will launch his Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change on 27 July to amplify youth voices and to engage young people in an open and transparent dialogue as the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ gears up to raise ambition and accelerate action to address the climate crisis.
ActNow Climate Campaign – Chef Grace Ramirez
Chef Grace Ramirez talks about sustainability and green hacks in support of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ's ActNow climate campaign.
Angry Birds 2 PSA in support of the ActNow Climate Campaign
The Department of Global Communications is partnering with Sony Pictures Entertainment and the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Foundation for a second time on an initiative to promote the Sustainable Development Goal 13 ¨C take urgent action against climate change and its impacts.
Swiping for Trees – Mobile app tackles air pollution
A mobile payment app in China planted enough trees to cover an area equivalent to 130,000 soccer pitches. This video shows how they did that.
Clean Capital – Beijing¡¯s bold moves to #BeatAirPollution
In only 5 years annual fine particle levels in Beijing's air fell by 35%. What were the key steps for this success?
Earth Hour 2019
To signal the United Nations¡¯ continued support for climate action, the Organization will participate in Earth Hour, a global lights-off event coordinated by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and other volunteer organizations, on Saturday, 30 March from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. local time.