UNFCCC announces High-Level Champion from COP28 Presidency
Razan Al Mubarak has been announced as the High-Level Champion from the COP28 Presidency. She will be joining Mahmoud Mohieldin who continues in his role as High-Level Champion from the COP27 Presidency.
Ms. Al Mubarak is currently President of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). She is also the founding director of the Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund which, since its inception, has supported more than 2,500 species conservation projects in over 160 countries.
UNFCCC's recipe for change
Earlene Cruz is on a mission to make people hungry for climate action every time they sit down to eat.
Cruz is the Founder and Executive Director of Kitchen Connection Alliance, an entity that seeks to improve systems for growing and distributing food worldwide. She was at COP27 last November to launch the Cookbook in Support of the United Nations, an event facilitated by UN Climate Change.
UNFCCC recaps COP15
The United Nation Environment Programme’s Biodiversity Conference (COP15) in Montreal was an important event for the United Nations Framework on Combating Climate Change as well (UNFCCC). For UNFCCC it is excellent news that the participants have reached an agreement that represents a key step in protecting the world’s lands and oceans and bolsters efforts to safeguard the world’s climate by committing to protect 30% of land and water considered important for biodiversity by 2030.
COP15 has started
Since December 7, the World Summit on Nature COP15 has been taking place in Montreal, Canada. Under the organization of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), states, NGOs and stakeholders in the field will work together until December 19 to find solutions to the most pressing problems in the field of nature conservation. UN Secretary-General António Guterres stressed at the start of the summit the urgency of achieving serious results:
COP27 reaches last-minute agreement
After two days of extra time, the 27th Conference of Parties (COP27) has been able to agree on a final declaration. Part of it includes a breakthrough in the "Loss and Damage" funding for the countries most affected by the climate crisis. A fund was created into which wealthy nations are to pay in the future. In the unfortunate event of climate catastrophes, such as droughts, floods or a sharp rise in sea levels, vulnerable countries will have access to the fundings to mitigate the consequences.
COP27: UNFCCC expands Climate mechanism
Shortly before the end of the climate negotiations in Sharm El-Sheikh, the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) together with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) announced the continuation of their joint program to promote technology in the climate sector. The project period has been extended to the years 2023 to 2027.
UNCCD starts cooperation with DeserTech
At this year's UN Climate Change Conference COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, participants are addressing a wide range of aspects of the climate crisis. The Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is also on site to promote the fight against desertification. The main UNCCD project is the Great Green Wall, a band of trees that will stretch from the west coast of Africa across the Sahel to Ethiopia in the east of the continent. A total of eleven African countries are participating in the initiative.
Last week of COP27 begins
For the 27th time, the world's states and organizations are meeting to find a joint solution to the most challenging problem of our time: The climate crisis. This year's Conference of the Parties (COP27) has been underway in the Egyptian city of Sharm El-Sheikh since November 6., which makes the city the first to host an UN climate conference on the African continent. These conferences are organized by the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Conference of Youth 17 in Egypt
Just days before the start of the 27th UN Climate Change Conference COP27, the 17th Conference of Youth (COY17) has begun in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, with a festive opening ceremony. The conference is organized by YOUNGO, the official youth representative constituency of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). COY17 provides a platform for young people from around the world to contribute to solutions to the climate crisis that will affect their generation more than older generations.
UNFCCC releases new climate report
Just weeks, before COP27 - the next international climate conference – kicks off in Sharm ash-Shaykh, the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has published its newest report on the implementation of the Paris climate goals.
The goal of the UNFCCC is to support states worldwide in implementing strategies to combat climate change. In doing so, a key priority is to implement the 2015 Paris climate conference goal of keeping global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius by the end of the century compared to the pre-industrial era.