The Secretary-General weighs in on the state of the planet

24 November 2020

On 2 December at Columbia University, the UN Secretary-General delivered a landmark speech on the state of the planet, setting the stage for dramatically scaled-up ambition on climate change over the coming year. He called for making peace with nature by starting now to achieve carbon neutrality, putting global finance to work for climate and protecting the most vulnerable. Across all actions for climate and our shared planet, we must act with urgency, but also hope, as many of the solutions are at hand. See more.

Rotting food is supercharging the climate crisis.

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.

Extreme heat making pregnancy a ��new fault line�� in climate crisis

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.

How Pacific Island nations are leading the way on climate action

From climate finance to ocean stewardship, Pacific countries are developing solutions rooted in local priorities and built to last.

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