climate change

UN climate change chief urges nations to act on Cancún agreements

20 December 2010
The United Nations climate change chief today called on countries to follow up on the recent conference in Cancún with higher global emissions cuts and the rapid launch of new institutions and funds.

Cancún agreement puts climate change negotiations ‘back on track’ – UN official

14 December 2010
The outcome of last week’s United Nations climate change conference in Cancún, Mexico, has put the negotiation process back on track, a UN official said today, outlining some of the key agreements reached at the meeting.

UN officials hail climate change deal reached at Cancún conference

11 December 2010
The United Nations climate change talks in Cancún have concluded with a package of decisions to help countries advance towards a low-emissions future, delivering what the world body's top officials have hailed as a victory in the battle against one of today's biggest challenges.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre) is interviewed aboard the Chiapas Eco Bus in Cancún, Mexico

Climate change financing will benefit all, UN chief tells Cancún meeting

8 December 2010
Committing funds to climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies in developing countries will lead to a safer, healthier and prosperous world for all, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told delegates at the United Nations climate change conference in Cancún today, urging them to find ways of raising the required resources.
Glaciers in southern South America and Alaska melting faster than those in Europe

Water adaptation strategies urgently needed to counter glacier shrinkage – UN official

7 December 2010
The United Nations environment chief is calling for the urgent development of adaptation strategies ranging from urban planning to improved water storage in the face of intensified rain fall and glacier shrinkage that threaten the food security and livelihoods of hundreds of millions, if not billions, of people.

In Cancún, UN chief makes impassioned plea for global agreement on climate change

7 December 2010
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today made an impassioned plea for agreement at the United Nations climate change conference in Cancún, telling delegates that further delay threatened the health of the planet, the global economy and the well-being of the human race.

Climate change effects on South America depicted graphically in UN report

6 December 2010
The number of people in Latin America and the Caribbean affected by extreme weather events, including high temperatures, forest fires, droughts, storms and floods grew from 5 million in the 1970s to more than 40 million between 2000 and 2009, the United Nations said today in a report that graphically details the effects of climate change in those regions.
Coral reefs are in danger from climate changes and ocean acidification.

Key draft decisions agreed at UN climate change conference

5 December 2010
Two bodies within United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) have concluded their work on a number of significant draft decisions that will be presented for adoption on Friday in the final plenary of the UN climate change conference under way in Cancún, Mexico.

Developing nations to benefit from new UN website on climate change funding

30 November 2010
With developing countries slated to require as much as $100 billion a year for adaptation to climate change and $175 million for mitigation by 2030, the United Nations today launched a website to help them make sense of the multiple funds available to finance their needs.
Executive Director of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Christiana Figueres

UN climate change talks open in Cancún with call for balanced, concrete outcome

29 November 2010
The United Nations Climate Change Conference opened today in Cancún, Mexico, with the world body’s top official on the issue calling for a balanced and concrete outcome to meet one of today’s biggest challenges.