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Environmental issues and sustainable development

26 September 2018

DSG/SM/1221-ENV/DEV/1886

Failure to Limit Temperature Rise by 2020 Might Make Target of 1.5°C impossible, Deputy Secretary-General Warns at ‘One Planet Summit’

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the One Planet Summit, in New York today:

26 September 2018

SG/SM/19245-ENV/DEV/1883

Planet at Risk for Irreversible Damage If World Does Not Act Fast to Implement Paris Commitments, Secretary-General Warns during Climate Change Event

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the high‑level leaders dialogue on climate change, in New York today:

26 September 2018

DSG/SM/1222-ENV/DEV/1887

Rising Seas, Shrinking Lakes, Extreme Weather Events Show How Large Threat of Climate Change Looms, Deputy Secretary-General Tells Group of Friends

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the Group of Friends on Climate and Security, in New York today:

24 September 2018

SG/SM/19236-ECO/291-ENV/DEV/1881

Secretary-General Calls for Global Policies Aligned with Sustainable Development, Equal Access to Innovative Technologies, at Meeting on Financing 2030 Agenda

Following are UN Secretary‑General António Guterres’ remarks to the High‑Level Meeting on Financing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in New York today:

24 September 2018

DSG/SM/1215-ECO/293-ENV/DEV/1882

Deputy Secretary-General Stresses Need to Close Off Avenues through Which Countries Lose Potential Revenue to Illicit Financial Flows

Following are UN Deputy Secretary‑General Amina J. Mohammed’s remarks on the IMF/SDSN event “SDG Costing and Macroeconomics: Spending Needs for Achieving Selected SDGs” [Sustainable Development Goals], in New York today:

13 September 2018

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Secretary-General Urges Spirit of Common Cause, Greater Leadership in Message to Mark International Day for Preserving Ozone Layer

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, observed on 16 September:

10 September 2018

SG/SM/19205-ENV/DEV/1879

Addressing Climate Change, Secretary-General Says World’s Fate Is in Our Hands, Requires Rising to Challenge Before It’s Too Late

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks on climate change, in New York today:

7 September 2018

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United Nations, ‘Thomas & Friends’ Launch Collaboration to Introduce Sustainable Development Goals to Pre-Schoolers

The United Nations and Mattel, Inc., launched a collaboration at New York Headquarters today to introduce the Sustainable Development Goals to pre‑school audiences through the animated children’s series Thomas & Friends.

5 September 2018

SG/SM/19194-ECO/288-ENV/DEV/1877

Greater Ambition, Urgency Needed to Avert Climate Crisis, Secretary-General Stresses at Launch of New Climate Economy Report

Following are UN Secretary‑General António Guterres’ remarks at the launch of the New Climate Economy report, in New York today:

27 August 2018

DSG/SM/1210-ENV/DEV/1875

Stronger Cooperation on Transboundary Aquifers, Basins Key to Resolving Conflict over Finite Resource, Deputy Secretary-General Tells Water Diplomacy Panel

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the High-Level Panel on Water Diplomacy, in Stockholm today: