Event: 54th Greater Horn of Africa Climate Outlook Forum
The 54th Greater Horn of Africa Climate Outlook Forum (GHACOF 54) will convene under the theme, ‘Mitigating Climate Risks for Resilience’. It will bring together climate scientists, researchers, users...
View ArticleEvent: 52nd Session of the IPCC
The 52nd session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC 52) will convene from 24-28 February 2020. The IPCC is currently in its sixth assessment cycle. The outputs for this cycle are:...
View ArticleEvent Discusses Africa’s Development “in the Age of Stranded Assets”
The discussion highlighted associated risks of asset stranding and its impacts on mineral-rich countries in Africa, as well as opportunities related to green transitions and economic diversification....
View ArticleWMO’s First State of Climate Services Report Focuses on Agriculture and Food...
The report was produced under the auspices of the Global Framework for Climate Services partnership, and aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of what is needed to enhance access to climate...
View ArticleReport Identifies Ten Climate Science Insights to Achieve Paris Agreement, SDGs
The guide summarizes recent Earth-system science, policy, public health and economic research that aims to help achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement on climate change and the SDGs. Report co-author...
View ArticleEvent: World Meteorological Day 2020
World Meteorological Day takes place every year on 23 March, commemorating the date in 1950 when the Convention establishing the World Meteorological Organization came into force. It showcases the...
View ArticleTechnology, Climate and Hunger Linked in High-level Discussion
The event, titled ‘Linking Technological Innovation and Climate Change Actions for a World Free of Hunger, Malnutrition, and Poverty,’ underscored the importance of bringing SDG 2 into climate...
View ArticleHydromet Alliance to Strengthen Early Warning and Climate Information Systems
Members of the Alliance will ramp up action to strengthen developing country capacity to deliver hydromet services, inclusive of high-quality weather forecasts, early warning systems, and water,...
View ArticleWMO Reports on 2019's High-Impact Climate Events
The report highlights the physical indicators of climate change, such as increasing land and ocean heat, ocean acidification and deoxygenation, accelerating sea level rise and melting ice. A recent...
View ArticleGuest Article: The 2020 Data Drive: Joining Forces to Report on Progress...
To close the data gap with regard to SDG 6 and to advance trend analysis of existing data, in March 2020, the second round of a global data compilation drive was launched for seven SDG 6 indicators....
View ArticleSDG 6 Global Acceleration Framework to Scale Up Water and Sanitation Action...
Speakers at the launch event emphasized the value of UN efforts to deliver as one at the country level and interlinkages between action on SDG 6 and other SDGs. Secretary-General Guterres stressed that...
View ArticleGHG Concentrations Hit Record Highs Despite COVID-19, Leading Science...
The publication highlights the negative and irreversible impacts of rising global emissions and climate change on oceans and seas, ecosystems and economies, water resources, and human well-being and...
View ArticleEuropean RFSD Considers Policy Actions for People, Prosperity, and Planet
The UN Economic Commission for Europe held the fifth annual meeting of the regional forum on sustainable development. UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed provided suggestions for policymakers in...
View ArticleWorking Groups Develop Recommendations for Just, Inclusive Energy Transitions
Five technical working groups are revising their draft reports that will feed into a global roadmap to achieving SDG 7 by 2030 and net-zero emissions by 2050. Preparations for the September high-level...
View ArticleEvent: 54th Session of the IPCC (IPCC-54) and 14th Session of the Working...
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) started preparations for its Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) in 2015. From 26 July to 6 August 2021, the IPCC will meet to approve the Summary for...
View ArticleIPCC Assessment of Climate Change Science Finds Many Changes are Irreversible
The findings are presented in the IPCC Working Group I's Summary for Policymakers, which was approved following eleven days of line-by-line negotiations. The WG I report is the first of three WG...
View ArticleEvent: 55th Session of the IPCC (IPCC 55) and WGII AR6 Approval Plenary...
The 55th session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC 55) will take place in conjunction with the Working Group II (WGII) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) Approval Plenary (WGII-12)....
View ArticleEvent: 56th Session of the IPCC (IPCC 56) and WGIII AR6 Approval Plenary...
The 56th session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC 56) will take place in conjunction with the Working Group III (WGIII) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) Approval Plenary (WGIII-14)....
View ArticleEvent: 16th Global Forum on Human Settlements (GFHS 2021)
The 16th Annual Session of Global Forum on Human Settlements (GFHS 2021) will be held on the theme: 'Accelerate Green Transformation and Innovation towards Healthy, Resilient and Carbon-neutral...
View ArticleFinancing Facility to Support LDCs and SIDS on Climate Observations
The Systematic Observations Finance Facility (SOFF) will address the problem of missing weather and climate observations from Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States. SOFF was...
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