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(Marrakech) – More than 100 high-level business leaders and investors met with leaders from Government, civil society and the United Nations in a show of resounding support and commitment to taking action on the Paris Climate Agreement at the COP 22/CMP 12: High-Level Meeting on Climate Change on 16 November. Hosted by
Read MoreMarrakech, 11 November 2016 – The Solar Impulse Foundation launched the World Alliance for Clean Technologies today during COP22, as a legacy to the first ever solar flight around the world. Its goal is to federate the main actors in the field of clean technologies, in order to create synergies,
Read MoreGreater investment in greener, more sustainable transport systems is essential for propelling the economic and social development that is essential for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, according to an expert panel report delivered to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today. Finding that global, national and local transport systems are hobbled by inefficiencies
Read More10 October 2016 – Announcing the launch today of a new platform for scaling up innovative finance solutions to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the initiative can help in identifying and piloting innovative finance instruments that can drive
Read MoreTwo days of closed-door informal consultations between 140 delegates and climate negotiators from over 50 countries at the invitation of the Moroccan incoming Presidency of the 22nd Conference of the Parties (COP22/CMP12) came to a close on September 9 in Skhirat, Morocco. High-level national and international participation at the consultations included
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The world’s two leading economies, China and the US, have announced today that their governments will put the Paris Agreement into national law. Their ratification will put significant wind in the sails of the global climate deal, and brings us tantalizingly closer to the treaty becoming international law by the
Read More10th August U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Argentina and other large nations to ratify the Paris climate accord at a Buenos Aires conference on Monday, and Argentina's foreign minister said she hoped the country would do so by the end of the year. In December 2015, some 195 countries reached an agreement
Read MoreSecretary-General's Message for 2016 “Protect Earth. Restore land. Engage people” Desertification, land degradation, drought and climate change are interconnected. As a result of land degradation and climate change, the severity and frequency of droughts have been increasing, along with floods and extreme temperatures. More than 50 per cent of agricultural land is
Read More10th May 2016 The signing of the Paris Agreement on 22 April received overwhelming support from all regions of the world; never before had so many countries signed an international accord in one day. Adopted in Paris by the 196 Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at a
Read More10th May 2016 NEW YORK: The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has just chosen Patricia Espinosa, a leading Mexican diplomat, as the next Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The appointment is expected to be shortly confirmed by the Bureau of the UNFCCC. Patricia Espinosa, who
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