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30.05.2018 - UN Launches New Coalition on Health, Environment and Climate Change
The UN has launched a new global coalition on health, environment and climate change to reduce the annual 12.6 million deaths caused by environmental risks, and especially air pollution. The heads of the World Health Organization (WHO), UN Environment and World Meteorological Organization (WMO) came together for the initiative.

23.05.2018 - Middle School Steps Up Climate Action with Climate Neutral Now
The students at West Hollow Middle School in Long Island, USA, are serious about environmental issues. The school collects and recycles plastic bottles and paper, has installed reusable water bottle filling stations, has opted for paperless instruction, and plans to launch a farm-to-table project to supply local food pantries with fresh produce.

10.05.2018 - Urgency Underlined as Bonn Climate Talks Close
Against the backdrop of a record hot April in the host country of Germany, governments are concluding two weeks of talks aimed at preparing the Paris Agreement’s operational guidelines for adoption at the annual climate conference to be held in Katowice, Poland in December.

06.04.2018 - Climate Adaptation, Opportunity to Build a Better World
Patricia Espinosa, UN Climate Change Executive Secretary has called on nations and stakeholders to utilize adaptation to climate change impacts such as storms or floods as an opportunity to build a better world for all.

05.04.2018 - New Webinar Series to Support Nations Climate Action and Reporting
UN Climate Change is launching today a webinar series to support developing nations in reporting on their efforts to tackle climate change.

03.04.2018 - Climate Chaos to Continue in 2018, UN Secretary-General Warns
Scientists are now worried that unless accelerated action is taken by 2020, the Paris goal may become unattainable, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told reporters at the UN’s New York Headquarters.

26.03.2018 - Stepping Up Climate Change Policy and Action – Important Milestones of 2018
2018 is poised to be a year full of important milestones where more detailed policy is to be put in place that can unleash higher ambition and stronger action now and in the future.

21.03.2018 - Finding Ways to Boost Climate Tech Innovation
Last week, experts from around the world gathered in Bonn to identify how key UN bodies can provide technological support and finance to developing country entrepreneurs in order help combat climate change.

12.03.2018 - Experts Establish Blueprint to Gauge Impact of Climate Change on Cities
Experts have established a global blueprint to better understand climate change, its impacts on cities, and the critical role local authorities play in solving this challenge.

26.02.2018 - Women Can Raise Ambition for Urban Climate Action
One of the key outcomes of the UN Climate Change Conference COP23 in Bonn, Germany, at the end of last year was the adoption of a Gender Action Plan, ensuring women have a voice in climate change policy-making. UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa renewed her call for raised gender and climate ambition at the Women for Climate Conference in Mexico City today. The UN’s top climate official said that the climate fight would be “won or lost in our cities” and that because of this, the involvement of women at all levels of government, including at city level, was crucial.

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