Environmental issues and sustainable development

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the SDG Moment event, held today:

The following statement by UN Secretary-General António Guterres was issued today:

A new report by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) underscores the need to cut global emissions by 45 per cent by 2030 in order to reach carbon neutrality by 2050.  By contrast, recent data reveal that emissions are currently on track to increase by 16 per cent over 2010 levels by that date.

Following are Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate, held today:

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said today that 18 months into the coronavirus pandemic, schools for nearly 77 million students in six countries remain completely closed.  According to UNICEF, Bangladesh, the Philippines and Panama are among the countries that kept schools closed the longest.

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message for the launch of the “United in Science” climate report, today:

The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) announced today a decision by the Secretariat to repatriate all Gabonese military units, effective immediately, following credible reports of sexual abuse by Gabon’s contingent deployed to the Mission.

Following is the text of UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s video message for the Global Week to Act for the Sustainable Development Goals, today:

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the United Nations Global Compact Board today:

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