Bonn Climate Change Conference - June 2019
Overview of Highlights and Outcomes
Multilateral Assessment
19 Developed Countries Showcase Climate Action
Facilitative Sharing of Views
How 9 Developing Countries Reduce Emissions
Climate Education, Awareness and Public Engagement
Governments to Strengthen Climate Empowerment
Local Communities and Indigenous People
A Stronger Voice for Indigenous Peoples
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Climate Action in the Agri-Food Sector
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Experts Push for Gender-Responsive Climate Action
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UN Climate Change News, 16 July 2019 - The number of people around the world going hungry is on the rise, with more than 820 million people not having enough to eat, according to a new UN report, State of Food Security and Nutrition. The report shows that climate change is one of the main drivers of food insecurity, together with conflict...
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New York, 9 July 2019 – The impacts of climate change and increasing inequality across and within countries are undermining progress on the sustainable development agenda, threatening to reverse many of the gains made over the last decades that have improved people’s lives, warns the United Nations’ latest report on the Sustainable Develo...
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Guterres: Climate Action Is a “Battle for our Lives”
UN Climate Change News, 1 July 2019 - At a meeting in Abu Dhabi, UN Secretary-General António Guterres reminded leaders that climate change is progressing faster than the world’s top scientists have predicted, and that the international community must deliver an adequate response.
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Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals through Climate Action

Climate change presents the single biggest threat to sustainable development everywhere and its widespread, unprecedented impacts disproportionately burden the poorest and most vulnerable. 

Urgent action to halt climate change and deal with its impacts is integral to the successful implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Crucial Role of High-Level Champions Recognized by UN Climate Chief

At the Bonn Climate Change Conference, UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa recognized the hugely important work of the High-Level Champions.

 

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Bonn Conference Urges More Gender-Responsive Climate Action
UN Climate Change News, 11 July 2019 - Experts meeting at last month’s UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn called on governments and non-government organizations to fully implement the Gender Action Plan (GAP) under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, by for example building the capacity within governments to integrate gender ...
11 Jul, 2019
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Governments Agree to Strengthen Climate Education, Awareness and Public Engagement
UN Climate Change News, 8 July 2019 – Governments meeting during the June UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn (SB50) agreed on a draft decision to significantly strengthen climate education, awareness and public engagement, which are crucial to achieve the goal of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees and to scale-up Action for...
08 Jul, 2019
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UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa Appointed for Second Term
UN Climate Change News, 3 July 2019 - The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is pleased to announce that, following official communication by the office of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and consultations with COP bureau, Patricia Espinosa has been appointed for a second three-year term as Executive Secr...
03 Jul, 2019
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Indigenous Peoples Obtain Stronger Voice in Climate Action
UN Climate Change News, 1 July 2019 - Indigenous peoples and governments worked side by side to launch a fruitful partnership during the inaugural meeting of the Facilitative Working Group (FWG) of the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform (LCIPP) in Bonn, Germany from 14-16 June.
01 Jul, 2019
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