The Secretary-General, in a statement on the conclusion of COP26, said the conference outcome reflected the state of political will in the world today and provided building blocks for progress. ¡°We are in the fight of our lives, and this fight must be won,¡± he said. ¡°Never give up. Never retreat. Keep pushing forward.¡± Read more.
Every day more than 1 billion meals are left uneaten. From a food security perspective, this mountain of discarded food is problematic. But it creates other problems as well. As it decomposes in landfills, rotting food releases enough methane to make it one of the major drivers of planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions.
Pregnancy and childbirth have become a ¡°new fault line in the global climate crisis¡± as extreme heat worsens, the head of the UN climate action body (UNFCCC) warned on Monday, calling for maternal and newborn health to be built into countries¡¯ climate plans.
From climate finance to ocean stewardship, Pacific countries are developing solutions rooted in local priorities and built to last.