LIVE: UN Climate Change Roundtable - a 'just transition' through climate action is key says Guterres

24 September 2020
Climate Change
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Live coverage of the High-Level UN Climate Change Roundtable, featuring UN chief António Guterres, designed to rally momentum for more ambitious action to limit global warming and ensure sustainable post-pandemic recovery plans. 

 

Highlights

UN chief warns that 'the world has a fever and is burning up' 

Watch roundtable live on UN Web TV

UK and UN to co-host December climate event. 

 

International community must unite, or be crushed by chaos, warns UN chief

UN and partners press for seafarers to be designated ‘key workers’ during COVID pandemic

INTERVIEW: ‘Famine is preventable, if there is political will’

UN chief and UK premier announce December climate summit

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WFP/Rein Skullerud

Deadly flooding adds new danger to communities fleeing Sahel violence

Humanitarian Aid

Humanitarians have stepped up assistance to communities “on the brink”, who have been affected by devastating flooding in Africa’s Sahel region, where several hundred thousand people have been displaced by seasonal rains.

UNDP Bhutan

FROM THE FIELD: Protecting the post-pandemic planet

Climate Change

An emphasis on sustainable development and fighting climate change will benefit countries around the world as they recover from the unprecedented economic and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, says the UN Development Programme, (UNDP).

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Guterres advocates for digital world that ‘strengthens human rights, advances peace’

Economic Development

Amidst a technological era that “beckons with vast opportunity”, new risks exist to global peace, stability and development, the UN chief told a side event of the General Assembly on Wednesday, aiming to help ensure access to digital technologies for all.

World Bank/Simone D. McCourtie

Countries urged to act against COVID-19 ‘infodemic’

Health

The UN and partners have urged countries to take urgent action to address what they have described as the “infodemic” that has surfaced in tandem with the COVID-19 pandemic, both in the real world and online. 

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Put ‘people before politics’ in Lebanon, urges Guterres, following Beirut disaster

Humanitarian Aid

It’s time that leaders across Lebanon put “people before politics” following last month’s explosions in Beirut port, said the UN chief on Wednesday, which must serve as a wake-up call following a year of upheaval and clamour for reform on all fronts.

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