Climate and Environment

Secretary-General António Guterres (left) briefs the General Assembly meeting on his Priorities for 2020 and the Work of the Organization.
UN Photo/Mark Garten

UN chief outlines solutions to defeat ‘four horsemen’ threatening our global future

22 January 2020
Global

The start of the New Year finds the world facing four looming threats to human progress: surging geopolitical tensions, the climate crisis, global mistrust and the downsides of technology, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Wednesday. 

In Mazambara, Zimbabwe, where rain has been very sparse, a woman shows a plate of cicadas, one of the food options available after the WFP food ration is over.
WFP/Matteo Cosorich

Climate crisis ‘affecting quality of life and fuelling discontent’

16 January 2020
Global

The climate crisis, as well as persistently high inequalities, and rising levels of food insecurity and undernourishment, is affecting the quality of life in many societies and fuelling discontent, the UN warned on Thursday, on the publication of the 2020 World Economic Situation Report (WESP).

The UN Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the media at United Nations Headquarters in New York.
UN Photo/Mark Garten

Stop escalation, urges UN chief, as geopolitical tensions reach ‘highest level this century’

6 January 2020

The UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on world leaders to de-escalate geopolitical tensions on Monday, which he described as being “at their highest level this century” as the new decade dawns.