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Europe’s sizzling heat is a ‘brutal reminder’ of global warming, UN climate chief says

“This latest heatwave in Europe is a brutal reminder of the spiraling impacts of the climate crisis, both human and economic,' Simon Stiell said in a statement. | Alberto Pizzoli/AFP via Getty Images

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Education·28 August 2026

Europe's rivers are warning us with our ancestor's handwriting

ON SOURCE: EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENT Drought My first-ever presentation in primary school was about water. Back then I couldn't have known how much scarcer it would get before I even grew up, or that Europe's rivers are drying up and revealing 400-year-old warnings. Europe's rivers are warning us with

EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENT · 1 min read

Climate·7 August 2026

Preserving Indigenous Wisdom Requires Protecting Forests

By Sophie Grouwels, Forestry Officer, Forest and Farm Facility, FAO

SDG KNOWLEDGE HUB · 4 min read

Climate·30 July 2026

Global Commons Alliance: Systems Change Explained

What does systems change actually mean? Watch the fourth video in our global commons e xplainer series , to find out what systems change means, why it’s urgent, and how it actually happens in practice.

GLOBAL COMMONS ALLIANCE · 1 min read

Climate·28 July 2026

The Court Has Spoken. So Has the Assembly. What’s Next?

ON SOURCE: SDG KNOWLEDGE HUB The Court Has Spoken. So Has the Assembly. What’s Next? by Aditi Shetye , Mariana Campos , and Jule Schnakenberg , Global Secretariat, World’s Youth for Climate Justice STORY HIGHLIGHTS The plenary debate on…

SDG KNOWLEDGE HUB · 11 min read

Climate·26 June 2026

None of 17 UN SDGs on Track to Be Achieved By 2030, Report Finds

More than a decade after world nations agreed on a set of goals to guide global sustainable development, progress remains “significantly off track,” according to a new analysis.

EARTH.ORG · 4 min read

Climate·1 May 2026

Renewables Hit Nearly Half of Global Power Capacity in 2025

“By the end of 2025, renewables accounted for 49% of global installed power capacity, and comprised 85.6% of annual global power additions, largely due to significant growth in solar and wind power,” said Francesco La Camera,…

EARTH . ORG · 3 min read

Systems Change·29 April 2026

Civil society demands action from governments at first fossil fuel-free conference in Colombia

Climate & Environment Climate Change News Published on April 28, 2026 10:47. / Updated on April 28, 2026 21:42. ON SOURCE: GENEVA SOLUTIONS Civil society demands action from governments at first fossil fuel-free conference in Colombia

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Climate·26 April 2026

COP 31 Presidency Prioritizes Global Economy as Climate Impacts Worsen

The President-designate of the 2026 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 31) announced the Turkish Presidency’s intention to find “common ground to build a safer world and a more secure global economy for humanity as climate impacts…

SDG KNOWLEDGE HUB · 2 min read

Climate·26 April 2026

A Year in a Field : Earth Day Featured Story

“A silent cry about the climate crisis and a penetrating meditation on what life is. A film full of ideas that resonate deeply, told as a penetrating dream that shakes you awake.“

ON Network · 8 min read

Climate·5 March 2026

Beyond GDP: An Opportunity for Economic Reset

A recent conversation with Sato Ichiro, Executive Senior Research Fellow at the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Ogata Research Institute, and Csaba Kőrösi, a Hungarian diplomat who served as President of the 77th session of…

SDG KNOWLEDGE HUB · 5 min read

Systems Change·17 February 2026

We can move beyond the capitalist model and save the climate - here are the first three steps

‘Capitalism cares about our species’ prospects as much as a wolf cares about the lamb’s.’ Photograph: Minerva Studio/Alamy ON SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN Thu 12 Feb 2026 13.00 GMT We can move beyond the capitalist model and save the climate – h

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Climate·29 January 2026

Call for Reset of Global Water Agenda Seeks to Reverse “Water Bankruptcy”

Unconstrained by traditional political boundaries, water can overcome fragmentation and ignite cooperation by aligning national security with international priorities, according to the report.

SDG KNOWLEDGE HUB · 3 min read

Climate·21 January 2026

We Don't Have Time at Davos: WEF Alternative Speech '26

Today a group of globally respected leaders, shaping the future of people, planet and prosperity, set out a bold alternative to President Donald Trump’s growth‑at‑all‑costs/America First vision of prosperity, which is grounded in…

WE DON'T HAVE TIME · 1 min read

Climate·19 January 2026

TORI TSUI - Resisting Billionaire Extractivism

Tori Tsui is an environmental campaigner, author and advisor from Hong Kong. She is a senior advisor for the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, campaigner for the Stop Rosebank coalition and works across a variety of initiatives within…

TORI TSUI · 1 min read

Climate·7 January 2026

Earth needs a systems change that prioritises wellbeing

We are currently facing the failure of a system based on infinite growth that puts profit before care for people and the planet. A system that is highly dependent on fossil fuels, natural resources extraction, overproduction and…

GREENPEACE · 3 min read

Climate·10 June 2026

Voices for Today Feature: Palestine Advocate Vanessa Redgrave

We, this people, on a small and lonely planet Traveling through casual space Past aloof stars, across the way of indifferent suns To a destination where all signs tell us It is possible and imperative that we learn A brave and startling…

ON Network · 3 min read

Climate·10 January 2026

OECD Report Calls for More Synergistic Responses to Triple Planetary Crisis

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has published its periodic analysis of economic and environmental trends – and of policy actions to address the key challenges. This year’s report focuses on the…

SDG KNOWLEDGE HUB · 2 min read

Climate·3 December 2025

Jason Hickel on Degrowth: A response to Branko Milanovic

In late 2017, Branko Milanovic wrote a blog post titled “ The illusion of degrowth in a poor and unequal world .” He penned it, he says, following a conversation he had with a proponent of degrowth, which was me. I wrote a response, which…

JASON HICKEL · 62 min read

Climate·29 November 2025

World Social Summit Commits to Follow-up Process to Ensure Implementation

The Second World Summit for Social Development adopted a political declaration through which world leaders reaffirm their commitment to building a more just, inclusive, equitable, and sustainable world by addressing social challenges such…

SDG KNOWLEDGE HUB · 4 min read

Climate·23 November 2025

COP30 Closes: Hijacking by rich countries and dire need for peoples’ multilateralism

“Rich countries, especially the United States, have not only built their empires on fossil fuels and the commodification of food, land and water, but continue to fuel the climate crisis and expand extractive industries in the Global South.…

FRIENDS OF THE EARTH · 3 min read

Climate·14 November 2025

Philanthropies commit $300M for climate-health solutions at COP30

Belém, Brazil — A major philanthropic push is giving new momentum to climate-health action at the 30th U.N. Climate Change Conference , or COP30, where 35 global funders have announced a $300 million commitment to accelerate solutions at…

DEVEX · 3 min read

Climate·10 November 2025

Call of Belem for the Climate

Leaders pose for a family photo during the U.N Climate Change Conference COP 30. Photo by Hermes Caruzo/COP30

COP30 CALL OF BELEM · 2 min read

Climate·9 October 2025

‘Listen to the cry of the Earth’: Pope Leo takes aim at climate change sceptics

On stage with the pope were a large chunk of a melting glacier from Greenland and tropical ferns. Photograph: Vatican Media/EPA

THE GUARDIAN · 2 min read

Climate·1 October 2025

From the Global Sumud Flotilla to the UN General Assembly: Where are the humanitarians?

Boats, part of the Global Sumud Flotilla aiming to reach Gaza and break Israel's naval blockade, sail off Koufonisi islet, Greece, on 26 September 2025.

THE NEW HUMANITARIAN · 10 min read

Climate·9 September 2025

What if nature could save us?

Exhibition Dates: 08 – 28 September 2025: Featured across JCDecaux-owned bus shelters throughout all five boroughs of New York City. See locations here 14 – 28 September 2025: On view at the United Nations Headquarters, New York City

ART 2030 · 2 min read

Climate·16 November 2025

Petricor - Un Nuevo Internacionalismo

Earth, hessian, oil painting, poetry, voices of reason, ambient sound, scent and Arcadian landscape featuring an imposing structure, abstracted, broken and forgotten, based on the Berlin TV Tower, a symbol of unification.

ON Network · 3 min read

Climate·9 September 2025

Interactive Dialogue Lays Groundwork for 2028 Review of Pact for the Future

President of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) Philemon Yang convened the third informal interactive dialogue on the implementation of the Pact for the Future. Dedicated to the theme, ‘Looking ahead to 2028,’ the meeting served as a platform…

SDG KNOWLEDGE HUB · 4 min read

Climate·11 August 2025

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ON Network · 1 min read

Climate·27 July 2025

The End of Excuses: What the ICJ Opinion Means for Climate Accountability

In its unanimous opinion, the ICJ found that states must act to protect the climate system and the environment not only under the framework of global treaties like the Paris Agreement but also under customary international law and…

WE DON'T HAVE TIME · 4 min read

Climate·21 July 2025

Assembling Grounds. Practices of Coexistence

The exhibition » Fellow Travellers: Art as a Tool to Change the World « acts as a catalyst for these questions: As a place for possibilities, it offers a platform for artistic projects that demonstrate the benefits of art for society in an…

ZKM KARLSRUHE · 4 min read

Education·30 June 2025

UN expert Elisa Morgera calls out world’s ‘carbon tunnel vision'

ON SOURCE: GENEVA SOLUTIONS Climate & Environment Human Rights Council Interview Published on June 29, 2025 17:44. UN rights expert Elisa Morgera calls out world’s ‘carbon tunnel vision' By Paula Dupraz-Dobias Midway between climate talks in Baku and Belém, the UN’s special rapporteur on climate acc

GENEVA SOLUTIONS · 1 min read

Climate·18 June 2025

Attenborough’s Ocean is the film I’ve been waiting my whole career for – now the world must act on its message

I have been saying this a lot recently: “At last!” At last, a mainstream film bluntly revealing the plunder of our seas. At last, a proposed ban on bottom trawling in so-called “ marine protected areas ” (MPAs). At last, some solid…

THE GUARDIAN · 5 min read

Climate·14 July 2025

UN Secretary-General’s SDG Progress Report Shows Change is Possible

In preparation for the July 2025 session of the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), the UN Secretariat has released the Secretary-General’s annual report on SDG progress. Updating on progress ten years into the…

SDG KNOWLEDGE HUB · 3 min read

United Nations·12 May 2025

Naciones Unidas: Five measures to reduce damage to the environment

NACIONES UNIDAS · 2 min read

Climate·17 March 2025

The end of the UN? Not if the Charter gets a reboot

Heba Aly, coordinator of the UN Charter Reform Coalition, moderating a panel at Geneva’s human rights festival FIFDH on 8 March on the future of the UN, with Tim Slade, the director of the film The Veto on the challenges facing the…

GENEVA SOLUTIONS · 8 min read

Climate·14 March 2025

Brazil Shares Priorities for COP 30

The President-designate of the 2025 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 30) has briefed Member States and Observers on Brazil’s priorities and preparations for the Conference. Elaborating on Brazil’s vision in a letter to parties, he…

SDG KNOWLEDGE HUB · 4 min read

Climate·18 February 2025

Alfredo Jaar - The End of the World

Alfredo Jaar. The End of the World , 2024, installation view, Kesselhaus, KINDL, © Alfredo Jaar / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2024, photo: Jens Ziehe

KINDL - BERLIN · 3 min read

Climate·23 January 2025

In a Message of Hope, UN Secretary-General Outlines Priorities for 2025

Addressing the UN General Assembly (UNGA), UN Secretary-General António Guterres briefed Member States on his priorities for 2025. He highlighted conflicts, inequalities, the climate crisis, and technology among the “ills” spreading from…

SDG KNOWLEDGE HUB · 5 min read

Climate·18 January 2025

SDG Knowledge Hub’s Most Read Stories of 2024 Reveal Hunger for Solutions

The most read story of 2024 is about the findings of the World Happiness Report.

SDG KNOWLEDGE HUB · 6 min read

United Nations·31 December 2024

In New Year’s Message, Guterres urges countries to drastically slash emissions and ‘exit this road to ruin’

UN Photo/Loey Felipe Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the Summit of the Future high-level event at United Nations Headquarters in September 2024.

UN NEWS · 2 min read

Climate·28 November 2024

Whispers, self-censorship and crackdowns on free speech prevailed at Cop29

HUMAN RIGHTS Cop29 ACTU Published on November 29, 2024 05:02. / Updated on November 29, 2024 08:51.

GENEVA SOLUTIONS · 7 min read

Climate·17 February 2025

The Future of Sustainability 2024/25: Reimagining the Way the World Works

The Future of Sustainability: Reimagining the Way the World Works is showcasing 30 examples of individuals and/or organisations that are fundamentally reimagining how we live and work – with game-changing potential to create a future in…

FORUM FOR THE FUTURE · 2 min read

Climate·12 November 2024

What to expect at COP29: Connecting the dots in Baku

Azerbaijan will host the 29th UN climate negotiations, called COP29 for short. One of the key elements of this COP is finance. With all that needs doing to reach our climate goals of limiting global warming to no more than 1.5 degrees…

WORLD WILDLIFE FUND · 5 min read

United Nations·21 October 2024

The latest UN biodiversity summit opens in Colombia; here’s what’s at stake

Unsplash/James Wainscoat ; Close-up of a hummingbird near flower.

UN News - Global perspective Human stories · 5 min read

Climate·9 October 2024

UNGA High-level Week Ends with Call for Unity and Shared Responsibility

The High-level Week of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) concluded with 190 speakers, including 113 Heads of State and Government and more than 40 ministers and other high-level officials, having addressed the UNGA during…

SDG KNOWLEDGE HUB · 2 min read

Arts & Culture·19 October 2024

‘Art changes people and people change the world’: the artists targeting UN’s general assembly

Art can help bridge that understanding of how we are connected to the planetary system’ … an installation image of Future Ours. Photograph: Art 2030

THE GUARDIAN · 5 min read

United Nations·7 September 2024

International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies

Frosty morning in Pingjum Friesland, The Netherlands. Photo:WMO Photostream/Anna Zuidema

UNITED NATIONS · 4 min read

Climate·3 September 2024

The children behind South Korea’s landmark climate win

Jeah Han holds a file containing her closing argument outside South Korea’s constitutional court in Seoul in May 2024. The climate campaigner says she has felt the direct impacts of the climate crisis. Photograph: Anthony Wallace/AFP/Getty…

THE GUARDIAN · 4 min read

Climate·23 November 2025

Featured Story: The Mission of the Global Assembly

...that by 2030 has over 10m annual participants, is recognised in improving our ability to tackle global issues such as climate change, health and inequality, is recognised by over 50% of the global population and is mostly funded by…

GLOBAL ASSEMBLY · 1 min read

Climate·20 August 2024

Big Solar is already outperforming Big Oil – learn how

Solar companies you might never have heard of is now providing the world with more useful energy than the oil giants often referred to as Big Oil.

WE DON'T HAVE TIME · 4 min read

Climate·2 May 2024

World Press Freedom Day

Between May 2 and 4, Chile and UNESCO will host the 31st World Press Freedom Day Conference.

ON Network · 2 min read

Climate·1 May 2024

World Press Freedom Day 2024 - IPS Video

Inter Press Service ( IPS ) is a global news agency headquartered in Rome , Italy. Its main focus is news and analysis about social, political, civil, and economic subjects as it relates to the Global South , civil society and…

ON Network · 2 min read

Climate·24 April 2024

UN in Geneva’s future visitor centre hopes to improve dialogue with public

International Geneva may boast several iconic buildings, including the Palais des Nations, the Palais Wilson, the World Trade Organization’s Centre William Rappard and the imposing structures where the International Labour Organization and…

ON Network · 4 min read

Climate·14 April 2024

ART 2030: The Hope Forum

Recognizing the inspirational power that art can offer the global society, whether through great art experiences, agenda setting, or community mobilization, the time to create momentum for transformation is now. We depend on art as a…

ON Network · 2 min read

Climate·10 April 2024

Landmark ruling: Switzerland’s climate policy violates human rights

Anne Mahrer (left) co-president of “Senior Women for Climate Protection” and co-president Rosmarie Wydler-Waelti (right), react to the verdict reached by the the European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday 9 April 2024 in Strasbourg, France.…

ON Network · 5 min read

Climate·22 March 2024

World Water Day 22 March

In 2024, World Water Day focuses on Water for Prosperity and Peace; UNESCO and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe are the lead UN agency.

ON Network · 1 min read

Climate·20 March 2024

Celebrating a Healthy Planet on World Rewilding Day

A new paradigm is gaining increasing attention in the world of nature conservation – ‘rewilding.’ It addresses the urgent need to rebuild ecosystem functioning across our lands, freshwater ecosystems, and seas. Science has shown that less…

ON Network · 3 min read

Climate·14 March 2024

Arab RFSD Explores Solutions to Deliver for Sustainability and Peace

The UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) convened a regional forum on sustainable development (RFSD) in preparation for the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) in July. The meeting discussed…

ON Network · 4 min read

Climate·9 June 2025

Featured Story: ClientEarth - the Power of Law

We come up with practical solutions to some of the world’s toughest environmental challenges, and work with people, campaigners, governments and industry to make those solutions a reality. We change the system from within, working with,…

ON Network · 2 min read

Climate·7 March 2024

UN rights expert David Boyd: ‘Businesses are treating the environment like a free dumping ground’

David Boyd, UN special rapporteur on human rights and the environment, in Geneva, 5 March 2024. (Geneva Solutions/Michelle Langrand)

ON Network · 7 min read

Climate·5 April 2024

Art 2030 - Art for Action

Cecilia Vicuña is a poet, artist, activist and filmmaker whose work addresses pressing concerns of the modern world, including ecological destruction, human rights, and cultural homogenization.

ON Network · 1 min read

Climate·17 February 2024

EcoPeace Middle East

Our primary objective is the promotion of cooperative efforts to protect our shared environmental heritage. In so doing, we seek to advance both sustainable regional development and the creation of necessary conditions for lasting peace in…

ON Network · 1 min read

Climate·10 February 2024

“Peace is the Missing Piece”: UN Secretary-General on Priorities for 2024

Addressing the UN General Assembly (UNGA), UN Secretary-General António Guterres briefed Member States on his priorities for 2024. The Secretary-General highlighted “peace in all its dimensions” as his top goal for the year.

ON Network · 4 min read

Climate·2 February 2024

French climate activist Camille Étienne and the power of fear

Camille Étienne at the Société de Lecture, 25 January 2024. (Société de Lecture/Magali Dougados)

ON Network · 4 min read

Climate·31 January 2024

Maximizing Progress on the 2030 Agenda: Building on SDG Interlinkages

The world has crossed the halfway point of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its SDGs. The many commitments made by countries and other stakeholders now urgently need to translate into action and measurable progress on the…

ON Network · 6 min read

Climate·26 January 2024

Third South Summit Calls for International Financial Architecture Reform

In the Third South Summit Outcome Document, leaders stress the need to strengthen the role of the UNGA and ECOSOC in dealing with the international financial architecture reform and urge MDBs to “meet the financing needs of all developing…

ON Network · 3 min read

Climate·10 January 2024

2024: A Four-pronged Quest to Rebuild Trust and Restore Hope

“Humanity is strongest when we stand together.” This was the gist of the UN Secretary-General’s message for New Year 2024 . Describing 2023 as the year of “enormous suffering, violence, and climate chaos,” he urged the international…

ON Network · 8 min read

Climate·4 January 2024

UNEP: Climate Action

Unless greenhouse gas emissions fall dramatically, warming could pass 2.9°C this century, which would have catastrophic consequences for life on this planet. UNEP takes a four-pronged approach to addressing the climate crisis and reducing…

ON Network · 1 min read

Climate·4 January 2024

Aloe vera plants turned into energy-storing supercapacitors

A battery-like device known as a supercapacitor can be created from different parts of aloe vera plants – and it can be used to make living plants power lights

ON Network · 1 min read

Climate·30 December 2023

5 Global Issues Io Watch In 2024

A young protester onstage calling for the end of fossil fuels at the closing of the Global Climate Action High-Level Event during the UN Climate Change Conference, COP 28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Photo: COP28/Anthony Fleyhan

ON Network · 18 min read

Climate·27 December 2023

Art Charter for Climate Action

Together International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art (CIMAM), Julie’s Bicycle, Gallery Climate Coalition (GCC), and ART 2030 have founded an alliance committed to developing a charter that aligns the global art sector…

ON Network · 1 min read

Climate·13 December 2023

COP28 Agreement Signals “Beginning of the End” of the Fossil Fuel Era

UN Climate Change News, 13 December 2023 – The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) closed today with an agreement that signals the “beginning of the end” of the fossil fuel era by laying the ground for a swift, just and…

ON Network · 6 min read

Climate·12 December 2023

Climate advocates demand stronger COP28 language on fossil fuels

The 21-page text, prepared by the COP28 presidency, United Arab Emirates, makes no mention of fossil fuel ‘phasedown’ or ‘phaseout’, which UN Secretary-General António Guterres said earlier on Monday was one of the keys to the conference’s…

ON Network · 3 min read

Climate·8 December 2023

COP28 in Dubai enters final week, negotiations ramp up on emissions cuts, fossil fuels

UN climate chief Simon Stiell has said that the current draft of the text is “a grab bag of wish lists and heavy on posturing.” As such: “All governments must give their negotiators clear marching orders. We need highest ambition , not…

ON Network · 3 min read

Climate·3 December 2023

How do we bring about peace in a world of war and chaos?

‘Where there is conflict and disaster, the Quaker response is through a stance of non-partisanship,’ writes Alan Clayton. Photograph: Getty Images

ON Network · 4 min read

Climate·2 December 2023

Over 150 Non-State Actors sign Call to Action calling for transformation of food systems

The Call to Action unites many diverse actors working in food and agriculture around a shared vision and priority actions for transforming food systems. It calls for a set of time-bound, aligned, holistic, and global targets by COP29 at…

ON Network · 7 min read

Climate·2 December 2023

COP28: UN climate talks take aim at planet-warming food

More than 130 countries signed up to a declaration about food, on the second day of the UN climate summit COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

ON Network · 3 min read

Climate·30 November 2023

COP28 talks open in Dubai with breakthrough deal on loss and damage fund

“Today’s news on loss and damage gives this UN climate conference a running start. All governments and negotiators must use this momentum to deliver ambitious outcomes here in Dubai,” said UN climate chief Simon Stiell during a press…

ON Network · 7 min read

Climate·29 November 2023

UN COP28 Climate Change Conference

COP28 opens tomorrow with a resounding call to accelerate global climate action.

ON Network · 1 min read

Climate·11 February 2024

Featured Story: Forum for the Future - Purpose of Business

Business leadership and innovation has become critical in determining whether we will be successful in creating a just and regenerative future in which both people and the planet can thrive.

ON Network · 5 min read

Climate·29 November 2023

United Nations Climate Change - Global Stocktake

The global stocktake is a critical turning point when it comes to efforts to address climate change – it’s a moment to take a long, hard look at the state of our planet and chart a better course for the future. Decision 19/CMA.1 notes that…

ON Network · 1 min read

Climate·23 November 2023

Embracing a Beyond Growth Approach for Sustainable Futures

Our prioritization of economic growth at the expense of both human and planetary well-being has brought us to a crucial crossroads, constituting a real risk to life on Earth as we know it. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the embodiment of…

ON Network · 9 min read

Climate·21 July 2025

Climate change: US and China take 'small but important steps'

The world's biggest carbon emitters will step up co-operation on methane and support global efforts to triple renewable energy by 2030.

ON Network · 3 min read

Climate·6 November 2023

The New Humanitarian

The New Humanitarian (formerly IRIN News) was founded by the United Nations in 1995, in the wake of the Rwandan genocide, out of the conviction that objective on-the-ground reporting of humanitarian crises could help mitigate or even…

ON Network · 5 min read

Climate·29 October 2023

Climate change: Local solutions to a global crisis

Our planet is warmer now than at any point in the past 1,000 years, and levels of planet-warming greenhouse gases have rocketed in the past 100 years. This is largely due to humans burning coal, oil and gas, and cutting down forests.

ON Network · 2 min read

Climate·1 December 2023

Featured Story: Youth in Action: United Nations

Climate change has increased levels of uncertainty about our future. As its impacts intensify over time, one thing has become certain: We will leave the Earth to today’s children and young people, and to future generations.

ON Network · 2 min read

Climate·7 September 2023

UNICEF partners with China to pilot climate-resilient WASH technologies in Cambodia

Delegates from the People’s Republic of China, UNICEF Cambodia, and UNICEF China started a three-day field visit to the Kingdom of Cambodia to conduct a feasibility study for piloting climate-resilient water and sanitation (WASH)…

ON Network · 2 min read

Climate·30 August 2023

Land regeneration and CO₂ sequestration by active communities in the Sahel.

Community engagement, scientific expertise, and novel technologies

ON Network · 1 min read

Climate·27 August 2023

The world is burning. Who can convince the comfortable classes of the radical sacrifices needed?

French philosopher, political activist and not-quite-Catholic Simone Weil’s philosophy demanded she put everything on the line. Photograph: Photo 12/Alamy

ON Network · 4 min read

Climate·18 August 2023

Montana kids win historic climate lawsuit – here’s why it could set a powerful precedent

The case, Held v. State of Montana, was based on allegations that state energy policies violate the young plaintiffs’ constitutional right to “a clean and healthful environment” – a right that has been enshrined in the Montana Constitution…

ON Network · 4 min read

Climate·31 July 2023

A Manifesto To Combat Global Heating - Environmental Justice Foundation

From 2 years ago in the run up to Cop26 this film reinforces how pressing the situation is today, how little has been recognsed by nation states and also how unfair are the consequences for least developed places (ON ED)

ON Network · 1 min read

Climate·7 June 2023

Reforming Financial Architecture to Achieve New Forms of Cooperation

By Elena Kosolapova, Senior Policy Advisor, IISD Tracking Progress, and SDG Hub Content Editor

ON Network · 6 min read

Climate·15 May 2023

We are faced with a climate emergency. Can art help?

We have a climate emergency. Regardless of where one stands on this issue – this is our ‘inconvenient truth’ . Yet the power to reach people has never been greater. Close to 3.2 billion people today are online, about 2 billion are from…

ON Network · 11 min read

Climate·18 April 2023

Water crisis: where is the political leadership?

Inland rivers of St Louis, Senegal, 2016. A joint organisation created by Mali, Senegal and Mauritania in 1972 manages the transboundary Senegal River basin. (Keystone/Mauritious images/Novarc Images/Nicolás Marino)

ON Network · 6 min read

Climate·27 March 2023

International Geneva zooming into the metaverse

SCIENCE & TECH Metaverse NEWS Published on March 26, 2023 16:24. Updated on March 26, 2023 16:26.

ON Network · 7 min read

Climate·27 March 2023

UNITED NATIONS - The Summit of the Future in 2024

The Summit of the Future (September 2024) is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to enhance cooperation on critical challenges and address gaps in global governance, reaffirm existing commitments including to the Sustainable Development…

ON Network · 1 min read

Climate·14 February 2023

Geneva film festival spotlights stories of conflict, climate and migration

FIFDH organisers revealed the programme for the 21st edition of the festival at a press conference in Geneva on Tuesday, 14 February. (FIFDH)

ON Network · 4 min read

Climate·1 February 2023

Accelerating the SDGs Through the 2024 Summit of the Future

In 2024, the UN will convene the Summit of the Future on the theme, ‘ Multilateral Solutions for a Better Tomorrow .’ The Summit’s aim is to reinforce the UN and global governance structures to better address old and new challenges and to…

ON Network · 5 min read

Climate Crisis·14 March 2023

Davos Forum: 'Al Gore launches a wide-ranging attack'

'Al Gore launches a wide-ranging attack'

1 min read

Climate·19 January 2023

Assembly President Highlights Priorities for UNGA’s Resumed 77th Session

Delivering remarks on his priorities for the UN General Assembly’s (UNGA) resumed 77th session, UNGA President Csaba Kőrösi emphasized preparations for the 2023 SDG Summit – the midpoint of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development – and…

ON Network · 3 min read

Climate·18 January 2023

WEF only ‘about tweaking the system’: rogue business leaders call for real wealth distribution

Published on January 18, 2023 19:43. Updated on January 18, 2023 22:25.

ON Network · 9 min read

Climate·18 January 2023

UN's Guterres: oil companies have peddled 'big lie' on climate crisis – video

Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday, the UN secretary general, António Guterres, accused big oil companies of peddling 'the big lie', calling for them to be held accountable. 'Today fossil fuel producers and their…

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Climate·16 January 2023

OXFAM: Richest 1% bag nearly twice as much wealth as the rest of the world put together

The richest 1 percent grabbed nearly two-thirds of all new wealth worth $42 trillion created since 2020, almost twice as much money as the bottom 99 percent of the world’s population, reveals a new Oxfam report today. During the past…

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Climate·16 January 2023

Global Leaders and Climate Activists Gather in Snowless Davos Ahead of World Economic Forum 2023

On Sunday, more than a hundred climate activists gathered in Davos, Switzerland to protest against the role of big oil firms at the World Economic Forum (WEF) and demand concrete and real climate action.

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Climate·14 January 2023

The 2023 SDG Summit – the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development under the auspices of the General Assembly

The 2023 SDG Summit will be convened on 19-20 September 2023, during the United Nations General Assembly high-level week. Heads of State and Government will gather at the United Nations Headquarters in New York to follow-up and review the…

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Climate·13 January 2023

Our Future Agenda - The Big Brainstorm

The theme of the 2023 Big Brainstorm is “A Year of Action for the SDGs.” The upcoming second SDG Summit is an opportunity to accelerate action to solve the world’s most urgent problems, with young people at the forefront of change.

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Climate·11 January 2023

2023: Five Areas to Target Through Resolve, Determination, and Hope

As expected, 2022 was a significant year for governing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and other global environmental frameworks. Negotiations delivered a set of four biodiversity goals to be achieved by 2050 and 23…

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Climate·11 January 2023

Ozone layer recovery is on track, helping avoid global warming by 0.5°C

NAIROBI, 9 January 2023 – The ozone layer is on track to recover within four decades, with the global phaseout of ozone-depleting chemicals already benefitting efforts to mitigate climate change. This is the conclusion of a UN-backed panel…

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Climate Crisis·9 January 2023

Data reveals impacts of climate emergency on displacement

A man walks through a flooded street in Tela, Hondu

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Climate·5 January 2023

UN Foundation: Climate Issues to watch in 2023

Four years of consecutive droughts have left families in southern Madagascar helpless and unable to feed themselves. Access to water remains difficult for the region of Androy. Photo: Safidy Andrianantenaina

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Climate·4 January 2023

Trends driving humanitarian crises in 2023 (and what to do about them)

The impacts of colonial powers and policies. Soaring public debt. A rise in gender-based violence. Record hunger, yet again. Here are some of the issues likely to drive humanitarian needs over the next year – and some ideas on what…

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Climate·22 December 2022

UN Secretary-General to Convene “Climate Ambition Summit” in 2023

UN Secretary-General António Guterres announced he will convene a Climate Ambition Summit in September 2023, to generate “new, tangible and credible climate action” to “accelerate action at the mid-way point” of the SDGs. Going forward, he…

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Climate·19 December 2022

COP15: Nations reach 'historic' deal to protect nature

There will also be targets for protecting vital ecosystems such as rainforests and wetlands and the rights of indigenous peoples.

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Climate·12 December 2022

How poetry can help address the climate crisis

I want to leap up at the three-nation parley In Whitehorse, Yukon, to warn them the radionuclides absorbed from the lichen they live on may kill them if they don’t drown in droves in crossings flooded out by hydroelectric stations, or…

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Climate·11 December 2022

2022 Effective Development Co-operation Summit

In a new era of global challenges – the pandemic, a deepening climate emergency, and many economic shocks – we must charter sustainable pathways for a just recovery across sectors and geographies.

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Climate·28 November 2022

Statement by the Secretary-General at the conclusion of COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh

I thank our hosts – the Egyptian government and COP27 President Sameh Shoukry – for their hospitality.

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Climate·23 November 2022

COP 27 Establishes Funding Arrangements for Loss and Damage

Concluding more than 39 hours after the scheduled close, the Sharm El-Sheikh Climate Change Conference agreed new funding arrangements for assisting developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate…

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Climate·23 November 2022

COP27: Diplomatic baby steps amid mounting humanitarian crises

Climate justice collided with political wrangling. The result? Incremental progress.

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Climate·19 November 2022

About The People's COP 27

Those most affected by our warming world are shut out of the negotiations that will determine the future of our planet. Global action on climate change is not happening fast enough.

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Arts & Culture·12 November 2022

At COP27, Artists Are Installing Their Work to Urge Heads of State to Act on Climate Change

Bodies Joined by a Molecule of Air by Invisible Flock arts studio and Jon Bausor. Photo by Fayez Nureldine/AFP via Getty Images.

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Climate·8 November 2022

Mia Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados at the Opening of the #COP27 World Leaders Summit

Mia Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados, makes a speech at the Opening of the #COP27 World Leaders Summit of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) - full length version.

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Climate·7 November 2022

Environmental Justice Foundation: A Manifesto to Combat Global Heating

The climate manifesto brings to bear EJF’s long experience of working with people on the frontlines of the climate crisis and combines it with existing scientific research to create a clear roadmap of measures that can be taken to achieve…

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Climate·6 November 2022

COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh to Focus on Delivering on the Promises of Paris

Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, 6 November 2022 - The United Nations Climate Change Conference COP27 opened today with the key aim of ensuring full implementation of the Paris Agreement .

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Climate·4 November 2022

COP27: The world cannot afford another set of vague promises, warns IFRC

By By International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

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Climate·29 October 2022

COP27: What you need to know about this year’s big UN Climate Conference

The 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, to be held in Egypt from 6 to 18 November 2022, seeks renewed solidarity between countries to deliver on the landmark Paris Agreement, for…

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Climate·5 October 2022

Preserving Amazon rainforest turns into thriving business in Brazil – a success story

It is in the south of the state of Amazonas, the cradle of the Amazon Rainforest, that one of the largest single sellers of carbon credits in the world lives. Ricardo Stoppe is an example of how it is possible to make money by keeping the…

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Climate Crisis·23 September 2022

Torres Strait Climate Claimants Win Their Historic Human Rights Fight Against The Australian Government

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Sustainability·21 September 2022

The 2022 Global People’s Assembly and a New Multilateralism

In his Our Common Agenda , the UN Secretary-General called on Member States to give “serious consideration” to the idea of an “annual civil society caucus in conjunction with the General Assembly’s high-level week.” Fortunately, such a…

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Climate·21 September 2022

Art 2030 - Art For Hope

Art for Hope launched with The Hope Forum during the opening of the 59th Venice Biennale and is running through the 77th United Nations General Assembly and COP 27. The initiative explores how the art ecosystem can respond to the climate…

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Climate·20 September 2022

UN Live - Join the Global We

We are running out of time to act on climate change – but there is hope if we get ‘the many’ across the world involved. Currently, many people are left out of the conversation, and feel little agency in shaping the future of the world;…

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Climate·14 September 2022

Fixing the Future Festival - Barcelona - 16-17 September 2022

From fair fashion revolutions to youth climate movements, there’s a lot happening on Planet Earth. For two days, the future is gathering in Barcelona for you to explore. You will immerse yourself in a festival of ideas and innovations and…

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Climate·13 July 2022

Want to Achieve the SDGs by 2030? Center Human Rights

By The Women’s Major Group Organizing Partners and Secretariat

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Climate·11 July 2022

Trading in the currency of hope as we work to create a just and regenerative future

At what is a critical moment for the sustainability movement, Forum for the Future’s flagship Future of Sustainability campaign shed light on what the past can teach us about our future. These insights formed the basis of our first US…

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Climate·26 June 2022

UN Ocean Conference Lisbon, Portugal

When: 27 June to 1 July 2022 Where: Lisbon Altice Arena Convention Center, located in Parque das Nações, Rossio dos Olivais, Lote 2.13.01A, 1990-231 Lisboa. Watch the livestream More information

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Climate·6 October 2025

Serpentine Galleries: Back to Earth

Seba Calfuqueo, Tray Tray Ko, video, 6’13, 2022, film still, photo by: Sebastian Melo.

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Climate·31 May 2022

What to expect at Stockholm+50 this week

T he full story was originally published on 30 May 2022 on the Stockholm+50 site

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Climate·30 May 2022

Art for a Healthy Planet 2022

“This is a planetary emergency. With humanity on the edge of an abyss, and moving in the wrong direction, the world must wake up. Now is the time to restore trust. Now is the time to inspire hope. And I do have hope. The problems we have…

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Climate·26 May 2022

Global Platform to Inform Shift from Reducing Risk to Building Resilience

“Nothing undermines development like a disaster,” notes Mami Mizutori, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Head of UNDRR, in her vision statement for the UN agency with the mandate to…

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Climate·12 May 2022

World Congress Urges Shared Responsibility Over Forests for Multiple SDGs

Delegates at the 15th meeting of the World Forestry Congress (XV WFC) called for immediate action to protect forests, forestry, and forest stakeholders as providers of nature-based solutions to climate change, biodiversity loss, land…

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Climate·5 May 2022

Geneva Biodiversity Conference Inches Towards Post-2020 Global Framework

Meeting in person after two and a half years of virtual discussions, negotiators reconvened in Geneva, Switzerland, to “prepare the foundations” for the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 15) to the Convention on Biological…

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Climate·4 May 2022

UN organizations launch plan to catalyse action by 2025 on energy commitments

New Energy Compact Action Network launches with coalitions drawing on $600 billion in commitments to support access and transition, starting with Nigeria, Santiago and others

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Climate·25 April 2022

International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace, 24 April

As the most representative international organization and the utmost expression of multilateralism, the United Nations is the main instrument to address multifaceted and complex global challenges through collective action.

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Climate·17 April 2022

EARTH / PERCENT - EARTH DAY

WHO ARE EARTHPERCENT? EarthPercent is a charity providing a simple way for the music industry to support the most impactful organisations addressing the climate emergency. HOW DOES EARTHPERCENT WORK? We want to encourage artists and…

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Climate·7 April 2022

Expert Group to Build Accountability for Net Zero Pledges

The UN Secretary-General has appointed a high-level group of experts to increase credibility and accountability for net-zero pledges by businesses, financial institutions, and local and regional governments. The independent group is…

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Climate·1 April 2022

Moving away from coal ‘will not be easy’ but it is essential for our common future, UN deputy chief says

The United Nations Deputy Secretary-General called on countries in Asia and the Pacific to speed up the shift from fossil fuels to new, low-carbon development models, in a just and inclusive way.

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Climate·31 March 2022

Future Perfect: Integrating Long-term Thinking into Public Policy

Short-term thinking is deeply embedded in our political and economic structures. From four-year election cycles to quarterly reviews, our buy-now-pay-later society is eroding our connection with – and responsibility for – the future.

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Climate·18 February 2022

Mayor of London announces £90 million towards new green bonds

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has outlined bold proposals to secure more than £500 million for investing in climate action by issuing green bonds.

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Climate·11 February 2022

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FOUNDATION: ONE OCEAN SUMMIT

The One Ocean Summit presents a unique opportunity to strengthen cross-national collaboration to tackle illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing. As a coalition of organizations working on environmental and human rights issues,…

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Climate·8 February 2022

Green Museums Summit

Inspiring ideas and case studies from museums working towards sustainable futures

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Climate·6 February 2022

Wetlands: An effective but undervalued climate solution

Coastal wetlands such as mangroves store carbon up to 55 times faster than tropical rainforests. Peatlands, which cover about three per cent of the planet’s land surface, sequester approximately 30 per cent of all land-based carbon –…

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Climate·31 January 2022

International Geneva turns focus to nature and peace

Published on 31 January 2022, 05:00. Updated on 31 January 2022, 09:22.

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Climate·30 January 2022

G20 leadership required to catalyze private capital inflow for nature-based solutions

It also reveals that the spending gap in non-G20 countries is larger and more difficult to bridge than in G20 countries, but only 2 per cent of the G20’s USD 120 billion investment (using 2020 as a base year) was directed towards official…

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Climate·24 January 2022

Bringing dry land in the Sahel back to life

©FAO/ Giulio Napolitano I A field with mid-moon dams used to save water in the coming rainy season in Burkina Faso.

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Climate·18 January 2022

Top 10 largest NGOs in the world

See also: Non-governmental organizations – everything you need to know

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Climate·16 January 2022

MEG exhibition on indigenous rights, an issue close to International Geneva’s heart

The Geneva Ethnography Museum (MEG) mixes history, artistic expression and activism to retell the story of indigenous peoples’ struggle for their rights, with Geneva as one of the battlegrounds.

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Climate·14 January 2022

Seven ways museums are responding to the climate crisis

SFER IK in Mexico, an interdisciplinary arts space within the Azulik resort complex near Tulum, designed by the architect and eco-hotelier Eduardo Neira, known as RothPhoto: courtesy of Azulik

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Climate·11 January 2022

Climate Change and the Challenges to Human Security in the Global Order

Climate Change and its multidimensional multi-layered impact on humanity represents the biggest challenge to different forms of security, with a particular bearing on various aspects of Human Security.

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Climate·6 January 2022

The world feels fragile, but we can recover from the blows we’ve suffered

Rather more than half of the population of Afghanistan is facing levels of food shortage not seen for decades. Just under 1,500 people died in the Mediterranean during 2021, attempting to flee to a safer environment. The likelihood of…

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Climate·4 January 2022

2021 Year in Review: Climate action, or blah, blah, blah?

This year saw another steady stream of UN -backed reports reinforcing a stark message: man-made climate change is an urgent and even existential threat to life on Earth. Will the international community’s efforts to tackle the crisis, as…

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Climate·2 January 2022

UNITED NATIONS: Why 2022 will matter for climate action

As the world picks up speed in its race against climate change and moves forward from the 2021 Glasgow Climate Change Conference, let’s look at ten key global events in 2022 that will shape critical conversations and influence public…

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Climate·26 December 2021

Climate intelligence, an opportunity to boost climate resilience

Climate intelligence is becoming an increasingly popular technology as it enables the prediction of climate risks in advance, making public and private entities more resilient to the extremes caused by climate changes. Although it is still…

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Climate·24 November 2021

Peter Bakker: Big business climate pledges must be measured

As the Cop26 hype begins to settle down, the glass half-full or half-empty analysis on the outcomes of the Glasgow climate conference continues to pour out. But while government negotiators were entrenched in meeting rooms until late hours…

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Climate·24 November 2021

UNICEF: Climate Crisis - Act on Child Rights

UNICEF NEWSLETTER For children across the globe, the outcome of the UN climate summit fell short. CLIMATE CRISIS ACT ON CHILD RIGHTS For the one billion children already exposed to the impacts of climate change, COP26 was the world’s best…

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Climate·23 November 2021

Conservation International: These ecosystems could determine our climate future: study

Nature’s stashes of climate-warming carbon are packed into a small percentage of Earth’s lands, finds a new study that pinpoints the ecosystems humanity must protect to avert a climate disaster.

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Climate Crisis·20 November 2021

Groundtruthed - George Monbiot

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Climate·2 January 2022

5x15 at COP26: Arts and the Imagination

Responsible investing at Rathbone Investment Management. We see it as our responsibility to invest for everyone’s tomorrow. That means doing the right thing for our clients and for others too. Keeping the future in mind when we make…

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Climate·14 April 2026

Featured Voice: This is the Speech the World Needed - Barbados PM Mia Mottley

Open on original site ↗ Greenpeace posted on Instagram: Incredible speech from the Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley calling for action on climate change THIS IS THE SPEECH THE WORLD NEEDED SOURCE: GREENPEACE

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Climate·12 November 2021

If global finance can step up to the net-zero challenge, governments surely can

‘Our enormous financial resources mean the world can now finance the transition to net zero.’ Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

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Climate·12 November 2021

Artists must confront the climate crisis – we must write as if these are the last days

Fri 12 Nov 2021 10.00 GMT Last modified on Sat 13 Nov 2021 05.20 GMT

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Climate·11 November 2021

Cop26 targets too weak to stop disaster, say Paris agreement architects

A Nepalese climate change protest in Kathmandu, Nepal this week. It will be too late to increase ambitions in 2025, Christina Figueres argues. Photograph: Narendra Shrestha/EPA

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Climate·15 November 2021

WATER AID: What has climate change got to do with water?

Our climate is changing at an alarming rate and it’s making it even harder for the world’s poorest people to get clean water. More frequent and extreme flooding is polluting fragile water sources; longer droughts are drying up springs.…

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Climate·15 November 2021

MSF: Climate emergency: The climate crisis is a health and humanitarian crisis

[[Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE8c_eyu0DY]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE8c_eyu0DY)

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Climate·11 November 2021

WWF: Details, not just promises: What corporate ambition should look like at COP26

To ensure credibility, companies need to not only step up their climate ambition but to deliver on their promises, writes WWF’s Seán Mallon.

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Climate·10 November 2021

UNEP: Spotlight on climate action

The climate emergency is a direct consequence of carbon-heavy land-use and agriculture, transport, buildings and industrial processes and polluting energy sources. Without profound changes to these sectors and a drastic cut to carbon…

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Climate·8 November 2021

Museums must take action on climate change now—before it’s too late

The Horniman Museum and Gardens in London Courtesy of the Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Education·4 November 2021

COP26: Mark Carney declares a 'watershed' moment as $130tn committed to hitting net zero

Mark Carney, the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Finance Adviser for COP26 and the UN Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance at the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021. The British government plans to make the U.K. 'the world's first net-zero aligned

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Climate·3 November 2021

Cop26: Countries hit worst by climate change call for $500bn by 2024

Published on 02 November 2021, 20:50. Updated on 03 November 2021, 10:47.

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Climate·2 November 2021

Climate change: Five dealmakers who will influence the outcome at COP26

Their complex role requires a sharp mind, a deep reserve of tact and incredible endurance. Talks often go through the night and rarely finish on time.

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Climate·31 October 2021

Day 1: Huge task ahead for COP26

UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa at the opening of COP26. Credit: UN Climate Change/Kiara Worth.

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Climate·19 October 2021

Rich countries to ramp up fossil fuels despite net-zero pledges, says UN

Steam billows from the cooling towers at a coal-fired power station in Nanjing, eastern China. China continues to rely heavily on fossil fuels despite vows earlier this year to cut emissions. (Credit: Keystone/Chinatopix/AP)

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Climate·18 October 2021

Environmental Justice Foundation: Taxpayers are funding planetary breakdown: Harmful subsidies must end

Tackling the interlocking triple crises of climate change, biodiversity loss and human rights abuses is fundamental to ensuring a safe, sustainable and just future. So why are we paying to accelerate these crises, and to make ourselves…

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Climate·17 October 2021

COP26: It’s (almost) here

The latest round of global climate talks will take place from 31 October to 12 November 2021 in Glasgow, United Kingdom. Thousands of government delegates and people from civil society, business and the media will gather to advance climate…

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Climate·15 October 2021

Letter from 45 million medical workers warns urgent climate action needed to stop "impending catastrophe"

A new report from the World Health Organisation calls on nations to start decisive action that will limit global warming and prevent millions of deaths every year.

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Climate·10 October 2021

Breaking: Greenpeace blocks Downing Street over oil drilling

Greenpeace activists shutdown Downing Street with an oil soaked statue of Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

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Arts & Culture·12 May 2025

Featured Story: 140 Artists’ Ideas for Planet Earth

A new book inviting artists to re-think the climate emergency

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Climate·9 December 2021

COP26 PLATFORM

Contribute to the News Feed and read and share Stories from a broad spectrum of sources - UN, Climate Action, News Media, The Climate Coalition, Museums and Galleries, Charities and NGO's - all with a common cause, to raise awareness and…

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Climate·28 September 2021

Time for Youth to Take the Wheel, Say Speakers at SDG Moment

The UN Secretary-General convened the second annual SDG Moment, a high-level event to “punctuate a ‘Decade of Action’ with messages about the transformative change” required to realize the SDGs, as explained by the Earth Negotiations…

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Climate·11 September 2021

SDG Moment Will Provide Reality Check with Nine Years to Go

The UN has released details about the 2021 SDG Moment, a one-day virtual event during the UN General Assembly’s high-level week. The annual SDG Moment aims to provide a snapshot of progress, highlight actions that show change is possible,…

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Climate·4 August 2021

Himalayan countries urge for measures to secure mountain communities’ climate resilience

By Laxman Datt Pant – DevelopmentAid Journalist in South Asia

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Climate·1 August 2021

Madrid is building a 'green wall' made up of 75km of forests

“It has to be a global strategy, it’s not only about cars.” – Mariano Fuentes, Madrid’s Councillor for Environment & Urban Development

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Climate·1 August 2021

China’s biggest bank ditches Zimbabwe coal plant

The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) has said it will no longer finance the 2.8 GW Sengwa coal powered plant in Zimbabwe. Chinese banks have previously cancelled the funding of coal powered plants, but, this has normally been…

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Climate·26 July 2021

Global CEO Alliance and UN-Habitat aim to support 1,000 cities to reach the Sustainable Development Goals

A new partnership between UN-Habitat and a community of business leaders aims to support 1,000 cities to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which could have a huge impact on the lives of over a billion people from developing,…

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Climate·5 July 2021

Banks urged to think green or face extinction

Financial institutions must be wary of being consumed by the consequences of careless environmental or social decisions. Keystone / Rank Augstein

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Climate·12 May 2025

Beyond Planting Trees: Let Communities Lead Restoration

Restoring degraded land and slowing the pace of desertification is vital for the achievement of the SDGs, including those on hunger, poverty, biodiversity, and climate action, as well as for contributing to the UNCCD goals on land…

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Climate·21 November 2021

‘Open science is an accelerator for SDGs’: Ana Persic, UNESCO

The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization logo is pictured on the entrance at UNESCO's headquarters in Paris, October 2016. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

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Climate·6 May 2021

Geneva Solutions: Charting a new path to protect the high seas

Published on 07 May 2021, 05:57. Updated on 07 May 2021, 07:35.

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Climate·1 May 2021

Young reporters take on climate action from their classrooms

YRE gives students between 12 and 18 year old the opportunity to lean more about sustainable develpment issues and be heard through a journalism based on solutions. (Credit: Foundation for Environmental Education)

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Climate·29 April 2021

Forum for the Future: How will you reboot the future?

How will you reboot the future? New campaign amplifies young voices ahead of major climate conference, COP-26 As the climate and social crises we face intensify, the voices of young people are rightly getting louder. Forum for the Future…

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Climate·27 April 2021

Invest in climate education to build a better workforce for a greener future

As the world celebrates Earth Day , the International Labour Organization (ILO) has called for urgent worldwide action on climate change, including the need to support climate education and awareness-raising.

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Climate·24 April 2021

Leaders Summit on Climate spurs emissions targets

The announcement was made during the Leaders Summit on Climate convened on Earth Day by President Biden, who immediately rejoined the Paris Agreement upon assuming office in January and set a course for the United States to reach net-zero…

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Climate·15 November 2024

Earth Day: Teachers from every corner of the world call for quality climate change education for all

Representing 32.5 million teachers and education support personnel worldwide, Education International launches worldwide campaign April 21st to ensure that climate education becomes as fundamental as teaching reading and writing.

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Climate·19 April 2021

US, China agree to cooperate on climate crisis with urgency

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The United States and China, the world’s two biggest carbon polluters, agreed to cooperate to curb climate change with urgency, just days before President Joe Biden hosts a virtual summit of world leaders to…

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Climate·15 April 2021

Embracing Circularity is Not an Option but an Urgent Imperative

The 56 countries of the UNECE region are major users and producers of natural resources, and thus bear considerable responsibility.

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Climate·25 March 2021

‘Our biggest challenge? Lack of imagination’: the scientists turning the desert green

The Loess plateau, in China, in 2007, left, and transformed into green valleys and productive farmland in 2019. Composite: Rex/Shutterstock/Xinhua/Alamy

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Climate·24 March 2021

Jeremy Deller mints his first NFT: here is his advice for other artists

A still from Jeremy Deller, The last day (2021) © Jeremy Deller,

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Climate·26 December 2025

Five young women activists to watch - a moderator's take

British activists Ella Meek and Amy Meek, founders of 'Kids Against Plastic', address last year’s Young Activists Summit at the UN in Geneva. (KEYSTONE / Salvatore Di Nolfi)

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Climate·15 March 2021

SDGs: a global plan for investment in a post-Covid world

Covid-19 risks are unravelling significant progress across emerging markets. The US and Europe, with enormous resources, solid healthcare systems and vast service-based economies, have still struggled to control the spread, with over 1.3…

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Climate·29 December 2025

Dear future children, ‘a film about young activists made by young filmmakers’

Published on 05 March 2021, 05:57. Updated on 05 March 2021, 11:00.

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Climate·5 March 2021

Les Yeux du monde sur l’action climatique

We Are Watching est un drapeau de la taille... d'un immeuble de 10 étages ! Installation participative globale, un œil colossal y figure, composé de milliers de portraits et messages envoyés par les populations de 190 pays. Ensemble, ils…

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Climate·24 February 2021

Rescue plan for nature: How to fix the biodiversity crisis - New Scientist

WE HAVE repeatedly been pressing the snooze button on the issue, but covid-19 has provided perhaps the final wake-up call. “2021 must be the year to reconcile humanity with nature,” said António Guterres, the UN secretary general, in an…

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Climate·17 February 2021

Denmark to build 'first energy island' in North Sea

DANISH ENERGY AGENCY - An impression of the island, surrounded by offshore wind turbines, 260m (850ft) in height

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Climate·17 February 2021

Setting sail to beat plastic pollution - Museum for the UN - UN Live

This March, the world’s first recycled plastic boat – the FlipFlopi – sets sail on its newest voyage around Lake Victoria. Over three weeks it will circumnavigate Africa’s largest freshwater ecosystem from Kisumu, to Kenya and Uganda, and…

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Climate·15 February 2021

Cop26 dream team: The people setting the climate agenda on seven key issues

Mia Mottley, prime minister of Barbados (Photo: Timothy Sullivan/UNCTAD/Flickr )

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Climate·11 February 2021

Youth Environment Assembly

What : The Global Youth Environment Assembly (YEA) is a gathering of representatives of Children and Youth organizations from all around the world, interested in environment and sustainable development. It will take place virtually prior…

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Climate·3 February 2021

Gaming for good: How Playmob connects gamers to the SDGs

*During COVID-19 confinements across the world, many of us turned to video games to relieve stress, socialize, or simply pass the time. In the United States, for example, more than 55 per cent of residents picked up video games during the…

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Climate·28 January 2021

António Guterres: 2021 Is the Year to Reconcile Humanity with Nature

UN Climate Change News, 11 January 2021 - In a virtual address today at the ‘One Planet Summit’ for biodiversity hosted by the French government in cooperation with the United Nations and the World Bank, UN Secretary-General António…

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Climate·26 January 2021

World leaders promise to step up efforts to prepare for climate impact

Published on 25 January 2021, 20:59. Updated on 25 January 2021, 21:48.

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Climate·25 January 2021

I’ve Said Goodbye to ‘Normal.’ You Should, Too.

Climate change is upending the world as we know it, and coping with it demands widespread, radical action.

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Climate·19 January 2021

Restoring oceans could create 100,000 jobs and give £50bn boost to economy in UK

‘The Value of Restored UK Seas’ outlines the economic potential of healthy seas by examining two scenarios: ‘business as usual’, where the health of our seas continues to decline, and ‘restoring seas to full health’ by adopting a holistic…

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Climate·18 January 2021

The DIY wooden drones reforesting Spain

Sowing 100 seeds per second using drones may seem the stuff of science fiction, but it is already possible thanks to Dronecoria , a nonprofit project led by software engineer and interdisciplinary artist Lot Amorós (pictured above and…

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Climate·15 January 2021

The Radio Station at the Heart of a Fishing Community

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Climate·6 January 2021

‘Growing momentum’ to make 2021 the global action year for sustainable energy

In a bid of optimism for the new year, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) expressed confidence that clean energy would grow in 2021.

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Climate·4 January 2021

How to create a government that considers future generations

A pandemic planning committee had been scrapped six months before coronavirus hit the UK – despite the fact that the threat from a pandemic had been known for some time. Similarly, an early warning programme to alert the government in the…

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Climate·11 December 2020

PassBlue: A Global Forest Treaty Is Needed Now

Illegal deforestation has become a defining problem of our time, but its place in global governance remains piecemeal. Just a few months ago, the idea of an international agreement on forests would have been unthinkable because of the…

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Climate·3 December 2020

Thyssen-Bornemisza Museo Nacional - How to Tread Lightly

Temporary Exhibition . From 6 October 2020 to 17 January 2021

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Climate·29 October 2023

Reimagining Museums for Climate Action

NB Olive Network editors note - please visit the MUSEUMS AS CLIMATE ACTION website for full and interactive story.

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Climate·27 November 2020

On Culture and Climate: Artist Talk with John Akomfrah and Olafur Eliasson

Artists Akomfrah and Olafur Eliasson join National Geographic Magazine editor in chief Susan Goldberg for a discussion on their significant work as both artists and advocates for climate reform, while touching on the ways that artists…

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Climate·29 October 2023

Climate crisis: how museums could inspire radical action

The Gallery of Ecological Art (formerly China gallery) at the British Museum of Decolonised Nature. Image courtesy John Zhang and Studio JZ, Author provided

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Climate·17 November 2020

UN Biodiversity Summit Supports 2030 Agenda-aligned Post-2020 Framework

The Summit focused on the theme, ‘Urgent Action on Biodiversity for Sustainable Development’.

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Climate·17 November 2020

Stop financing fossil fuel projects, UN chief tells development banks

Published on 15 November 2020, 20:26. Updated on 17 November 2020, 00:08.

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Climate·16 November 2020

OECD and UNDP launch a plan to align global finance with sustainable development

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched a plan to help public and private actors identify and prioritise investments contributing to the Sustainable…

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Climate·16 November 2020

Four climate strategies that could reach across partisan divides

Professor in Practice, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University

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Climate·13 November 2020

Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction

The UN Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR) is the flagship report of the United Nations on worldwide efforts to reduce disaster risk. The GAR is published biennially by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction…

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Climate·10 November 2020

Crises have changed. Can the aid industry?

The humanitarian system has developed to respond to geographically contained and separate crises that are usually a long-haul flight from the centres of power and wealth that sustain it.

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Climate·10 November 2020

Youth Activists Are Holding Their Own Climate Summit

LONDON, Nov 9 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Earlier in 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic forced a year's delay to planned UN climate talks in Glasgow — originally set to start on Monday — young climate activists chafed that no innovative…

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Climate·9 November 2020

Paris Peace Forum 2020

On 11-13 November 2020, the third edition of the Paris Peace Forum will be centered on the collective response to Coronavirus, both in terms of improving our response and resilience, and of rebuilding a more sustainable world, with the…

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Climate·9 November 2020

Climate finance for developing countries is rising

06/11/2020 - Climate finance provided and mobilised by developed countries for developing countries totalled USD 78.9 billion in 2018, up 11% from 71.2 billion in 2017. The increase was driven by a rise in public climate finance, while…

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Climate·9 November 2020

Investors urge companies to advance no-deforestation efforts

A coalition of nine financial institutions representing €1.8 trillion in assets under management is asking companies to take action to end deforestation in their supply chains, as well as to enhance supply chain traceability.

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Climate·14 February 2024

Kate Raworth and Hans Ulrich Obrist: Turning a Radical Idea Into Action

That’s the starting point of Doughnut Economics, a concept that began on the back of an envelope and is fast becoming a global community of changemakers who are putting regenerative and distributive design into practice – in cities,…

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Climate·26 October 2020

EIF and UNDP to strengthen cooperation for sustainable finance

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the European Investment Fund (EIF) are joining forces to develop joint initiatives for sustainable finance and the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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Climate·23 November 2023

GCC - Gallery Climate Coalition

Art being transported on the road from Cornwall to Berlin in 2017 - please note, the image is suggested by the Olive Network as a banner for this post. We hope that Gallery Climate Coaliton are ok with this.

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Climate·16 October 2020

Planet Hope - Rendez-vous Bundesplatz

On October 16th, the Swiss parliament building will become a ship whose resemblance to Noah’s Ark is by no means coincidental: “Planet Hope” sets sail and glides away to the adventure of Earth.

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Climate·16 October 2020

New York Times: Restoring Farmland Could Drastically Slow Extinctions, Fight Climate Change

A red-fronted brown lemur in the Kirindy forest reserve near Morondava, Madagascar. Scientists said that restoring a portion of agricultural land to a wild state would not only help reduce extinctions but aid in the fight against global…

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Climate·12 October 2020

Reuters: Pull investments from companies not committed to environment, pope says

FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis speaks during a meeting with the Committee of Experts of the Council of Europe at the Vatican, October 8, 2020, in this still image taken from a video. Vatican Media/ Handout/File Photo

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Education·15 November 2022

The imperative of a new multilateralism – enhanced by science

You don’t need me to tell you that we are living in a really troubled world.

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Climate·6 October 2020

The Center for Humane Technology: The Stubborn Optimist’s Guide to Saving the Planet

How can we feel empowered to take on global threats? The battle begins in our heads, argues Christiana Figueres. She became the United Nation’s top climate official, after she had watched the 2009 Copenhagen climate summit collapse “in…

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Climate·6 October 2020

Fratelli Tutti: Pope Francis delivers new teaching aimed at healing divisions in the face of coronavirus

Author - Maria Power - Human Dignity Project Director, Las Casas Institute for Social Justice, University of Oxford

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Climate·2 October 2020

The power of collaboration may be one silver lining of the Covid-19 crisis

Published on 02 October 2020, 05:30. Updated on 02 October 2020, 11:53.

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Climate·25 September 2020

Climate Action: 12 major cities commit to divest from fossil fuel companies

Cities sign on to a new declaration committing to building moment for fossil-free and sustainable investment.

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Climate·21 September 2020

Conservation International - Imagine for a Minute

A film that asks viewers to take a minute to close your eyes and picture the future you want, featuring Pope Francis, Nobel prize winner Dr. Mario Molina, UN climate treaty negotiator Christiana Figueres, and Indigenous leaders Hindou…

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Climate·21 September 2020

Geneva Solutions - Elise Buckle: ‘It’s time for a global reset to rebalance our relationship with nature’

Published on 21 September 2020, 05:30. Updated on 21 September 2020, 09:40.

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Climate·18 September 2020

Bolster fragile world to emerge stronger, UN chief urges, marking Peace Day

UN Photo/Mark Garten - UN Secretary-General António Guterres rings the peace bell at UN Headquarters in New York.

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Climate·18 September 2020

Amateurs to the rescue: Politicians should take citizens’ assemblies seriously

Panels of ordinary people can solve problems that the professionals fear to tackle

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Climate·18 September 2020

Is it the end of the oil age?

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Climate·1 April 2024

Mexico becomes first country to launch SDG sovereign bond

Published on 18 September 2020, 05:30. Updated on 18 September 2020, 15:32.

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Climate·16 September 2020

Ozone treaties ‘inspiring examples’ of political will, UN chief says on International Day

Photo: UNEP Found high up in the atmosphere, the ozone layer shields Earth from Sun’s harmful UV-B rays

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Climate·15 September 2020

We must use the Covid crisis to reshape our society and economy

A researcher works on a vaccine against coronavirus at Copenhagen’s University research lab. Photograph: Thibault Savary/AFP via Getty Images

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Sustainability·6 September 2020

United Nations: International Day of Clean Air for blue skies 7 September

Photo:WMO Photostream/Anna Zuidema - Frosty morning in Pingjum Friesland, The Netherlands. © Anna Zuidema/ WMO 2020 Calendar — 75 selected entries

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Climate·2 September 2020

If democracy looks doomed, Extinction Rebellion may have an answer

At the heart of a new climate emergency bill lies a simple idea to cut through Westminster groupthink: a citizens’ assembly

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Climate·31 August 2020

Geneva Solutions: Why enabling all children to flourish helps tackle the climate crisis

Published on 31 August 2020, 05:41. Updated on 31 August 2020, 09:59.

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Climate·28 August 2020

Bristol to hold Citizens’ Assembly on coronavirus recovery

Bristol City Council is set to carry out a Citizens Assembly involving 100 Bristolians representing a cross section of the city’s residents to advise on the city’s coronavirus recovery, following a motion proposed by Green Party city…

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Climate·14 August 2024

EverGreening Global Alliance - Regreening hearts and minds

When Irene Ojuok was a child, she would sit on the shores of Lake Victoria, near her hometown of Kisumu in Kenya, and reflect. ‘I had a sense of connection with nature,’ she recalls, ‘but I didn’t know you could get a job related to it.’

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Climate·18 August 2020

Want to Fight Climate Change? Keep Nature Intact.

We have long known that people need nature for a stable climate. And now is the time to prioritize a crucial climate solution: restoring the world’s forests.

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Systems Change·18 August 2020

We’ve got to start thinking beyond our own lifespans if we’re going to avoid extinction

Amiens Cathedral, France: built across several lifetimes during the 13th century. Photograph: Alamy We’ve got to start thinking beyond our own lifespans if we’re going to avoid extinction Sonia Sodha Sun 16 Aug 2020 08.15 BST Last modifie

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Climate·15 August 2020

Project Everyone - The Sustainable Development Goals

Project Everyone seeks to put the power of communications behind the Sustainable Development Goals, also known as the Global Goals.

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Climate·8 August 2020

Nesta: Four Coronavirus Futures

At this very early stage in the responses to the pandemic, four narratives are taking shape, pointing us to quite different futures. These scenarios combine elements of continuity and discontinuity, realism and idealism, optimism and…

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Climate·22 July 2020

Reimagining the future of skills: what do young people think?

Digital connectivity and online learning can expand opportunities for young people around the world. Image: REUTERS/Jorge Silva

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Climate·15 July 2020

395 Million New Jobs by 2030 if Businesses Prioritize Nature, Says World Economic Forum

Amanda Russo, Public Engagement, World Economic Forum, +41793926898, [email protected] Max Hall, Public Engagement, World Economic Forum, +41793293500, [email protected]

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Climate·7 July 2020

BBC Analysis: Thinking for the Long Term

'The origin of civil government,' wrote the Scottish philosopher David Hume in 1739, is that 'men are not able radically to cure, either in themselves or others, that narrowness of soul, which makes them prefer the present to the remote.'

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Climate·1 July 2020

On the 75th Anniversary of the UN Charter, Multilateralism Remains Key

How the founding principles of the United Nations can address current global challenges with bold responses, by Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

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Climate·29 June 2020

The Climate Coalition

We are the UK’s largest group of people dedicated to action against climate change. Along with our sister organisations Stop Climate Chaos Cymru and Stop Climate Chaos Scotland , we are a group of over 140 organisations — including the…

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Climate·29 June 2020

US to join summit on global green recovery from Covid-19 crisis

Constructing wind farms and solar plants could help put emissions into structural decline. Photograph: Alexei Pavlishak/TASS

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Climate·26 June 2020

The Elders: Finding Humanity Podcast

Photo: The Elders / Ralph Alswang; Columbia University / Eileen Barroso)

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Climate·16 June 2020

Julie's Bicycle: A Just and Green Cultural Recovery

Resource Hub > Resources > A Just and Green Cultural Recovery

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Climate·5 June 2020

World Environment Day: Global institutions call for a global green recovery

The Partners for Inclusive Green Economy, made up of several institutions including the OECD, UNEP, UNDP and GGGI, are calling for recovery efforts that recognise the interdependencies between human and environmental health.

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Climate·18 September 2020

The Citizens' Assembly on Climate Change

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Climate·2 June 2020

Over 200 British firms urge government to align economic recovery with net zero goal

More than 200 leading UK companies, investors and organisations have called for a green coronavirus recovery plan in an open letter to the UK Government.

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Climate·29 May 2020

Kofi Annan Foundation: Democracy must not become the silent victim of the Coronavirus pandemic

Articles , Electoral Integrity , News Releases , Supporting Elections and Democracy

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Climate·8 December 2025

Krisis: a manifesto for the future

(A shorter version of the following statement was published in The Observer Letters section on 24/5/2020. An e-petition is being set up on the final demand of a Citizens’ Assembly. If you would like to sign the petition please drop me a…

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Climate·21 May 2020

Coronavirus is a ‘sliding doors’ moment. What we do now could change Earth’s trajectory

Chief research scientist, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere; and Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO

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Climate·20 May 2020

TUC boss calls for new council to build fairer economy after Covid-19

Frances O’Grady is launching a TUC report calling for the establishment of a body to bring together government, unions and employers to create ‘a greener and fairer economy’. Photograph: NurPhoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images

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Climate·11 May 2020

The Observer view on the world needing the United Nations more than ever

UN secretary-general António Guterres called for a global ceasefire amid the coronavirus pandemic. Photograph: Mark Garten/Other/AFP via Getty Images

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Climate·10 May 2020

Contribuez à la consultation du collectif #LeJourdAprès

The Covid 19 disaster, by its scale and speed, must force us to rethink our societies. As after each upsetting event (wars, economic crises, natural and health disasters), a profound questioning of our social fundamentals, our value scales…

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Climate·7 May 2020

Around the world, C40 cities are taking bold climate action, leading the way towards a healthier and more sustainable future.

C40 is a network of the world’s megacities committed to addressing climate change. C40 supports cities to collaborate effectively, share knowledge and drive meaningful, measurable and sustainable action on climate change.

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Climate·6 May 2020

Coronavirus is a failure of global governance – now the world needs a radical transformation

Tom Pegram Associate Professor in Global Governance and Deputy Director of UCL Global Governance Institute, UCL

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Climate·2 May 2020

Climate Action - COVID-19 & Climate Change: What does this mean for the fight against the climate crisis?

Olive Network Editors note: Here we include 3 short excerpts from the webinar to focus on 'how can governments be persuaded?'. To see the original programme in its entirity please follow this link:

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Climate·30 April 2020

How can we emerge from the crisis into a more resilient, sustainable future?

At the outset of 2020 much was said about this being the year of action in a decade of change. Now, with over a million people infected with COVID-19, and more than half the human population under some kind of lockdown, this unprecedented…

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Climate·4 April 2020

COVID-19 is not a silver lining for the climate, says UN Environment chief

Greenhouse gas emissions are down and air quality has gone up, as governments react to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the head of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), Inger Andersen, has cautioned against viewing this as a boon for the…

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Climate Crisis·4 April 2020

Will the coronavirus kill the oil industry and help save the climate?

A flame from a Saudi Aramco oil installation in the des

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Climate·19 March 2020

Greenpeace: Climate change affects rich and poor unequally. Climate justice redresses the balance

Global temperatures have already risen by 1ºC, hitting those people least equipped to respond. Millions of people are experiencing food insecurity in southern African following unprecedented droughts and storms. Summer temperatures reach…

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Climate·17 February 2020

Global Optimism: 2020: The Start of the Exponential Decade

Global Optimism exists to precipitate a transformation from pessimism to optimism as a method of creating social and environmental change.

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Climate·15 January 2020

BlackRock joins Climate Action 100+ to ensure largest corporate emitters act on climate crisis

09 January 2020 — BlackRock has today become the latest signatory to Climate Action 100+ , an unprecedented global investor engagement initiative to ensure the world’s largest corporate greenhouse gas emitters take necessary action on…

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Climate·10 January 2020

The Water, Peace and Security Partnership

Water insecurity is increasing worldwide. A third of the world’s people now live in countries that experience high levels of water stress, with droughts affecting around 50 million people and causing more than $5 billion in damage…

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Climate·2 January 2020

Staying Alive - St Ives : Extinction Rebellion ITV News

Election fever is over and disco fever is taking its place on the streets of St. Ives on New Year’s Day. Climate activists from Extinction Rebellion armed only with Travolta’s best dance moves are calling on all political parties to…

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Climate·6 October 2019

Photos: What the youth climate strike looks like around the world

Hundreds of people marched from District six to Parliament during a Global Climate strike in CapeTown, South Africa, on September 20, 2019.Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images

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Climate·6 October 2019

It’s not just Greta Thunberg: why are we ignoring the developing world’s inspiring activists?

Kenyan 2004 Nobel peace prize winner and environmentalist Wangari Maathai. Photograph: Antony Njuguna/Reuters

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Climate·24 September 2019

Greta Thunberg blasts world leaders in emotional speech at U.N. climate summit

Teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg on Monday opened the United Nations Climate Action Summit with an angry condemnation of world leaders for failing to take strong measures to combat climate change.

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Climate·18 September 2019

Greta Thunberg: ‘We are ignoring natural climate solutions’

Greta Thunberg and George Monbiot make short film on climate crisis – video

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Climate·5 September 2019

Ireland to Plant 440 Million Trees in 20 Years to Fight Climate Change

Owengarriff River along the Kerry Way, Ireland at Killarney National Park. David Madison / The Image Bank / Getty Images Plus

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Climate·31 July 2019

Ethiopia planted 350 million trees in a day. And its fight against deforestation does not stop there

The efforts far surpassed the original target of planting 200 million seedlings in a day. Image: REUTERS/Regis Duvignau

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Climate·31 July 2019

The Guardian view on climate breakdown: an emergency for all, but especially the poor

A flood-affected family in Kurigram, Bangladesh on 26 July 2019. ‘Poorer countries, which broadly speaking are the least to blame for the climate crisis, will suffer most.’ Photograph: Suman Paul/AFP/Getty Images

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Climate·17 August 2019

How do you fight air pollution in Mongolia? Start with ballet

ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia – A familiar issue presented in a not-so-familiar way. A little girl walking home from school. A violent cough makes her whole body shake.

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Climate·28 July 2019

Giant Extinction Symbols appear around the world

Following the appearance of the Extinction Symbol crop circle at WOMAD, giant Extinction Symbols, in a variety of mediums, appeared over the weekend in five other countries around the world, demonstrating the global reach of Extinction…

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Climate·28 July 2019

The power of now: V&A acquires Extinction Rebellion memorabilia for Rapid Response collection

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Climate·17 May 2019

How a Beach Opera at the 58th Venice Biennale Quietly Contends with Climate Change Catastrophe

We have been warned. As I write, another report heralds catastrophe: this time, a UN global assessment reveals the threat to humanity, as one million species are now at risk of extinction. And yet the experience of climate change stretches…

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Climate·9 January 2023

UNEARTHED - GREENPEACE

Founded in 2012 as Energydesk, we started out as a small team of journalists dedicated to open and accurate reporting on energy and climate change. As Unearthed, we cover the environment more broadly, from forests and oceans to bees and…

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Climate·16 April 2019

Greta Thunberg TEDxStockholm

Greta Thunberg realised at a young age the lapse in what several climate experts were saying and in the actions that were being taken in society. The difference was so drastic in her opinion that she decided to take matters into her own…

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Climate·13 February 2019

In the Vast Beauty of the Coachella Valley, Desert X Artists Emphasize the Perils of Climate Change

Superflex, Dive-In (2019) at Desert X. Photo by Lance Gerber.

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Climate·2 January 2019

La Nature Parle: Marion Cotillard est la Maison

Open on original site ↗ People need nature — and for almost 30 years, Conservation International has worked to protect it. Through cutting-edge science, innovative policy and global reach, we empower people to protect the nature that…

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Climate·3 September 2026

Why the UNEP 1.5°C overshoot report must be an urgent call to action on climate change

As Greenpeace International explains in its policy briefing, a just transition is more than simply swapping coal, oil and gas for renewables. It is an opportunity to transform energy, transport, industrial and other systems so they are more secure and affordable, reduce inequality, protect ecosystems and shift power from elites and multi-billion-dollar corporations to people.

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