Environmental issues and sustainable development

Following are UN Deputy Secretary‑General Amina Mohammed’s closing remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Sustainable Development Goals Summit High‑Level Political Forum, in New York today:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks at the event “Countdown to 2030:  Transforming Our Food Systems to Achieve the SDGs”, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the High‑Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, in New York today:

The High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development — convened under the auspices of the General Assembly on the margins of its annual general debate — today approved a political declaration launching an “ambitious and accelerated” new decade of action in pursuit of critical development targets.

Major announcements by Government and private sector leaders at the United Nations Climate Action Summit boosted climate action momentum and demonstrated growing recognition that the pace of climate action must be rapidly accelerated.

Leaders from government, business and civil society today are to announce potentially far-reaching steps to confront climate change at the United Nations Secretary-General’s Climate Action Summit in New York.

Following are UN Secretary‑General António Guterres’ closing remarks at the 2019 Climate Action Summit, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the 2019 Climate Action Summit, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the Alliance for Rainforests event, in New York today:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohamed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the nature-based solutions momentum high-level event at the United Nations Climate Action Summit, in New York today: