Environmental issues and sustainable development

Despite pledges to slash methane emissions by 30 per cent by 2030 — key to getting global warming under control, only 1 per cent of the Methane Alert and Response System in the past year were responded to, a UN Environment Programme report released today states. The system is an untapped opportunity for climate action.

In Haiti, over 4,300 people were forced to flee their homes in Port-au-Prince and neighbouring towns since 10 November, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reports. Starting today, the World Food Programme (WFP) is delivering assistance to over 50,000 internally displaced people in the capital Port-au-Prince.

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the twenty-ninth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) high-level event on the Stocktake of Integrity Matters – Implementation of the High-Level Expert Group on the Net-Zero Emissions Commitments of Non-State Entities, in Baku today:

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the High-Ambition Coalition twenty-ninth UN Climate Change Conference Leaders’ Meeting, in Baku today:

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the 2024 UN Climate Change Conference high-level meeting on resourcing the energy transition with justice and equity, in Baku today:

Joyce Msuya, Acting Emergency Relief Coordinator, has allocated $5 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund for early action for drought in Somalia, which, according to local authorities, national partners and UN humanitarian colleagues, faces a 70 per cent likelihood of La Niña-induced drought and reduced rainfall.

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the twenty-ninth UN Climate Change Conference event on delivering early warnings for all and addressing extreme heat, in Baku today:

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the Leaders’ Summit of Small Island Developing States on Climate Change, in Baku today:

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the twenty-ninth UN Climate Change Conference event, in Baku today:

The United Nations refugee agency today released a report warning that people forced to flee war, violence and persecution are increasingly finding themselves on the front line of the global climate crisis, exposing them to a lethal combination of threats but without the funding and support needed to adapt.