Environmental issues and sustainable development

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the Doha Forum, in Doha, Qatar, today:

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) launched a $1.59 billion regional plan to support the needs of refugees and migrants from Venezuela, as well as their host communities, across 17 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) launched its “Global Climate 2011-2020: A Decade of Acceleration” report, which shows that the rate of climate change surged alarmingly between 2011-2020, which was the warmest decade on record.

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) notes with concern that exchanges of fire across the Blue Line continued throughout the weekend, with reports that people were injured on both sides of the border. This follows the reported deaths of three people there following exchanges of fire on 1 December.

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the “Early Warnings for All” Presidency event, in Dubai today:

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks for the twenty-eighth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) Round Table with Non-State Actors on the Report of the High-Level Expert Group on Net Zero, in Dubai today:

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the Group of 77 plus China twenty-eighth Conference of the Parties (COP) Leaders’ Summit, in Dubai today:

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the “Call of the Mountains: Who saves us from the climate crisis?” event, in Dubai today:

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the Global Climate Action Summit, in Dubai today:

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the high-level meeting on the landlocked developing countries, in Dubai today: