The President of the General Assembly will convene a high-level event next summer at UN Headquarters with the goal of helping countries reach a climate change agreement at the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP) in Paris in December 2015.
The 29th June event, which will […]
New York – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon praised the outcome of the climate meeting that ended last Sunday in Lima, Peru, as one that advanced the effort to stem global warming on several fronts.
“Governments built on the success of the Climate Change Summit, which I […]
The growth in demand for coal has been slowing in recent years, and that trend will continue over the next five years, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said this week.
Coal demand globally will grow at an average annual rate of 2.1 per cent through 2019, […]
14 December, Lima—The 194 countries attending the Lima Climate Conference reached agreement early Sunday on key decisions that provide the foundation for a climate change pact in Paris late next year.
“The decisions adopted in Lima pave the way for the adoption of a universal and […]
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivered an impassioned plea on Thursday to climate negotiators meeting in Lima, Peru, to put aside their concerns over individual responsibility, and to focus instead on pitching in to do all they can to forge an international agreement to […]
Press release from the United Nations Environment Programme:
Lima — A coalition launched Wednesday at the climate talks in Lima aims to boost efforts to save billions of dollars and billions of tonnes of CO2 emissions each year by measuring and reporting reductions of greenhouse gas emissions […]
8 December—The limelight shifted today to higher-level officials. Conference President and Peruvian Minister of the Environment Manuel Pulgar-Vidal opened the session saying that the signals were good for the Conference to conclude with a suite of decisions that might be called the “Lima Experience.”
Secretary-General Ban […]
Lima—With the announcement of new pledges to the Green Climate Fund, bringing the total to more than $10 billion, negotiators at the Lima Climate Conference said Wednesday they were optimistic that a successful outcome would be achieved, despite the slow pace of progress in the […]
Lima, Peru – The Green Climate Fund’s initial capitalization target of $10 billion has been exceeded.
Governments of Australia and Belgium on Tuesday joined other nations in pledging to the Green Climate Fund, committing AU$ 200 million (Australia) and EUR 51.7 million (Belgium) to the Fund, […]
This post originally appeared on the LinkedIn account belonging to Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women:
As leaders from around the world gather in Lima, Peru this week to discuss global cooperation in addressing climate change, a woman in Guatemala will […]
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