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08 Feb, 2019
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UN Climate Change Publishes Overview of Katowice Climate Package
UN Climate Change News, 18 February 2019 – The secretariat of UN Climate Change has published an overview of the Katowice Climate Package, adopted at the UN Climate Change Conference COP24 in Katowice last December.
18 Feb, 2019
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2019 is Critical Year for the Climate - Maria Espinosa
2019 is a critical year, the “last chance” for the international community to take effective action on climate change, General Assembly President Maria Espinosa said on Thursday, during a briefing to announce the UN’s roadmap to the Climate Summit in September.
15 Feb, 2019
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Applications for 2019 UN Global Climate Action Awards Now Open
UN Climate Change News, 11 February 2019 – Starting today, organizations, cities, industries, universities, governments, and others taking bold leadership on climate change can nominate their work for a UN Global Climate Action Award.
11 Feb, 2019
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WMO Confirms Past 4 Years Were Warmest on Record
World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Geneva, 6 February 2019: In a clear sign of continuing long-term climate change associated with record atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 have been confirmed as the four warmest years on record.   A consolidated analysis by the World Meteorological Orga...
06 Feb, 2019
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António Guterres: Climate Change Is Biggest Threat to Global Economy
UN Climate Change News, 25 January 2019 - Speaking to leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that climate change was the most important global systemic threat in relation to the global economy that required a unified response in the form of inclusive multilateralism involving all...
25 Jan, 2019
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Climate Impacts Top WEF’s 2019 List of Risks
UN Climate Change News, 17 January 2019 - In the latest edition of its Global Risks Report, the World Economic Forum ranks environmental threats at the top of the list for the third year in a row - both in terms of impact and likelihood. Extreme weather events, exacerbated by climate change, are listed as the risk most likely to happen ov...
17 Jan, 2019
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Ghana to Kick-start Year of Ambition at Africa Climate Summit
UN Climate Change, 15 January 2019 – The provisional program for Africa Climate Week 2019, which is being hosted from 18–22 March in Accra, Ghana, has now been published online – showcasing a dynamic schedule of activities that will demonstrate enhanced ambition across the continent. 
03 Dec, 2018
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Constructing a Safer Climate – Patricia Espinosa at Bauhaus University
UN Climate Change News, 10 January 2019 - In her first address since the conclusion of the UN Climate Change Conference COP24 in Katowice last December, the UN’s top climate official Patricia Espinosa warned that whilst the meeting was a success, the world remained off course with regard to achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement on Cl...
10 Jan, 2019
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New Era of Global Climate Action To Begin Under Paris Climate Change Agreement
UN Climate Change News, Katowice, 15 December – Governments have adopted a robust set of guidelines for implementing the landmark 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement.
15 Dec, 2018
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UN Secretary-General's Remarks at the Conclusion of COP24
Remarks delivered by Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
15 Dec, 2018
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Join the Talanoa Call for Action
UN Climate Change News, 12 December 2018 – Today, at the closing of the Talanoa Dialogue, the Presidencies of this and last years’ UN Climate Change Conferences (COP24 and COP23) issued the Talanoa Call for Action. This statement calls for the urgent and rapid mobilization of all societal actors to step up their efforts.
12 Dec, 2018
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UN Chief Calls on Nations to Reach Consensus to Deliver on Paris Commitments
Today at COP24, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called on world nations to "accelerate efforts to reach consensus if we want to follow-up on the commitments made in Paris." At the High-level closing of the Talanoa Dialogue, Mr. Guterres asked government delegates gathered at the UN Climate Change Conference in Katowi...
12 Dec, 2018
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Patricia Espinosa: “It’s Within our Grasp to Finish the Job of COP24”
UN Climate Change News, 11 December 2018 - The second part of the high-level segment of the UN Climate Change Conference COP24 resumed today with the UN’s Climate Chief, Patricia Espinosa and other top UN officials making passionate pleas to governments to finish the work they set for themselves and conclude the conference with a strong a...
11 Dec, 2018
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"Ghana to Kick-start Year of Ambition"

The provisional program for Africa Climate Week 2019, which is being hosted from 18–22 March in Accra, Ghana, has now been published online – showcasing a dynamic schedule of activities that will demonstrate enhanced ambition across the continent. Full details concerning topics and speakers will follow in due course.

Jan 15, 2019
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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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How COP24 Helped to Close the Gender Gap
UN Climate Change News, 11 February 2019 - The UN Climate Change Conference COP24 in 2018 in Katowice, Poland marked the half way point of the two-year UNFCCC Gender Action Plan (GAP) adopted by countries in November 2017. To mark the occasion and to highlight action taken to implement the GAP in 2018, the call to #ActOnTheGAP was launche...
11 Feb, 2019
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UN Climate Change Continues NDC Webinar Series in 2019
UN Climate Change News, 18 January 2019 - A central element for implementing the Paris Agreement on climate action are the nationally determined contributions (NDCs) of each Party. NDCs are national climate plans highlighting climate actions, including climate related targets, policies and measures governments aims to implement in respons...
18 Jan, 2019
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Countries Present Updates on Their Pre-2020 Climate Actions at COP24
UN Climate Change News, 14 December 2018 – A series of workshops giving both developing and developed countries the opportunity to showcase early actions to reduce emissions before 2020 was held at COP24.
14 Dec, 2018
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Carbon Pricing Spreads as a Tool to Tackle Climate Change
UN Climate Change News, 14 December 2018 – Countries are increasingly using or considering to use carbon pricing instruments as a means to achieve their commitments under the Paris Agreement, and examples were presented this week at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP24) in Katowice, Poland.
14 Dec, 2018
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Education Requires Prominent Place in Countries’ National Climate Plans
UN Climate Change News, 14 December 2018 – Countries should make climate change education a specific, verifiable item in their nationally determined contributions (NDCs) to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement, participants in the high-level event marking Education Day at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP24) heard.
14 Dec, 2018
High-Level Stocktake on Pre2020 Implementation and Ambition.
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At COP24, Ministers Assess Pre-2020 Climate Action Progress
UN Climate Change News, 11 December 2018 - The High-level meeting on the Pre-2020 Stocktake offered Ministers and Parties a valuable opportunity to assess the spectrum of climate action across the globe in the period before 2020.
11 Dec, 2018
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COP24 Strengthens Climate Action of Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples
UN Climate Change News, 10 December 2018 - Local communities, indigenous peoples and governments’ partnership and engagement in the climate change process has culminated in a milestone at COP24 in Katowice.
10 Dec, 2018
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COP24 Capacity Building Hub Officially Opened
UN Climate Change News, 6 December 2018 - The Paris Committee on Capacity Building (PCCB) today officially opened its novel capacity-building hub at COP24. The Capacity-building Hub will provide all stakeholders involved in capacity-building with the opportunity to exchange experiences, knowledge, success stories and lessons learned on...
06 Dec, 2018
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UNFCCC to Present Progress and Gaps on Pre2020 Targets at COP24
UN Climate Change News, Katowice, 6 December 2018 - The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will present a new report at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP24) that highlights both progress and gaps as developed countries implement climate actions to meet their targets in the period before 2020.
06 Dec, 2018
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Panel Speaks for Continued Usefulness of Clean Development Mechanism
UN Climate Change News, 5 December 2018 – It is a product of an earlier treaty, but the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) could help incentivize much-needed global climate action in support of the Paris Agreement, said a panel at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP24) in Katowice, Poland.
05 Dec, 2018
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Biennial Assessment Confirms Growth in Climate Finance
UN Climate Change News, 4 December 2018 – The Standing Committee on Finance (SCF) hosted a side event today at COP24 to present the findings of the Summary and Recommendations on the 2018 biennial assessment and overview of climate finance flows.
04 Dec, 2018
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UNFCCC Technology Mechanism’s Climate Technology Centre Delivering As It Turns 5
The Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN), the implementation arm of the Technology Mechanism under the UNFCCC, is celebrating five years of increasingly impactful work.With some 137 technology solutions in 79 countries, the CTCN announced that 10 million tonnes of CO₂eq are expected to be reduced per year through its climate actio...
04 Dec, 2018
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Hosting a climate COP is a significant political, financial and logistical commitment. The opportunity to serve as a host rotates every year among the five regional groups. It is the turn of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean Countries (GRULAC) to host the 2019 conference. The UNFCCC secretariat had received a letter from GRULAC...
30 Nov, 2018
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24 Jan, 2019
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