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26.09.2019 - Winners of the 2019 UN Global Climate Action Awards Announced
The recipients of the 2019 United Nations Global Climate Action Awards were announced today, helping to shine a light on some of the most practical examples of what people across the globe are doing to combat climate change.

25.09.2019 - New Action Plan Towards Achieving Climate Neutrality in Travel and Tourism by 2050
UN Climate Change Chief Patricia Espinosa spoke at the World Travel & Tourism Conference (WTTC) in New York yesterday, where she launched the WTTC Sustainability Action Plan - a bold new initiative by the travel and tourism sector, supported by UN Climate Change, to encourage and help the entire sector to take stronger and more ambitious action to address climate change.

24.09.2019 - Global Commission on Adaptation Launches “Year of Action” to Accelerate Climate Adaptation
Building on the momentum of the UN Climate Action Summit, the Global Commission on Adaptation is launching a Year of Action to accelerate and scale climate adaptation solutions. The Commission is led by Ban Ki-moon, 8th Secretary General of the United Nations; Bill Gates, Co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; and Kristalina Georgieva*, CEO of the World Bank.

23.09.2019 - Climate Action Portal Registers 28 Transformational Initiatives Announced at Climate Action Summit
The Global Climate Action portal has captured the 28 new initiatives that are being presented today to United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, at the Climate Action Summit. These have been developed specifically to drive an upsurge in cooperation that will bend emissions downward while building the resilience of those already being hit.

23.09.2019 - UN Summit Delivers New Pathways to Shift Climate Action into Higher Gear
Leaders from government, business and civil society are announcing potentially far-reaching steps today to confront climate change at the United Nations Secretary-General’s Climate Action Summit in New York.

23.09.2019 - UN Climate Summit paves the way for an ambitious and successful replenishment of the Green Climate Fund
Calls from UN Secretary-General António Guterres to double contributions to the Green Climate Fund were met by ambitious pledges from many countries, led by Sweden’s doubling of their contribution to USD 852 million. The new pledges made at the UN Climate Summit have raised the replenishment total beyond USD 7.4 billion, with more contributions expected at the pledging conference in Paris on 24-25 October.

23.09.2019 - CLIMATE ACTION SUMMIT PRESS RELEASES NEW YORK, 23 SEPTEMBER
In the face of worsening climate crisis, UN Summit delivers new pathways and practical actions to shift global response into higher gear.

22.09.2019 - Landmark 'United in Science' Report Informs Climate Action Summit
The world’s leading climate science organizations have joined forces to produce a landmark new report for the United Nations Climate Action Summit, underlining the glaring – and growing – gap between agreed targets to tackle global warming and the actual reality.

22.09.2019 - 87 Major Companies Lead the Way Towards a 1.5°C Future at UN Climate Action Summit
87 major companies — with a combined market capitalization of over US$2.3 trillion and annual direct emissions equivalent to 73 coal-fired power plants — are taking action to align their businesses with what scientists say is needed to limit the worst impacts of climate change.

22.09.2019 - Ahead of the UN Climate Summit, Celebrating 25 Years of the UNFCCC
On 21 September, shortly before the start of the Climate Action Summit convened by UN Secretary-General António Guterres, governments, UN officials and civil society gathered to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

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