Event: 60th Session of the IPCC (IPCC-60)
The 60th session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC-60) will convene from 16-19 January 2024. The meeting will be the second meeting of the seventh assessment cycle. The World...
View ArticleWMO’s 2023 State of Climate Services Report Focuses on Health
Climate information and services are essential for determining how and when climate extremes affect health systems and human health – and for managing risks. The report’s findings reveal “huge”...
View ArticleEvent: One Planet: Polar Summit
The One Planet: Polar Summit will be the first international summit dedicated to glaciers and poles. The Summit will bring together researchers and scientists from over 40 glacial and polar countries...
View ArticleWMO Report Calls for Synergistic Action to Achieve Paris Climate Goals, SDGs
The report finds that the decade was the warmest on record for land and ocean and points to “the profound transformation taking place in Polar regions”. At the same time, the ozone hole was smaller in...
View ArticleCOP 28 Day Spotlights Nature, Land, and Ocean
During a high-level event on sustainable ocean management, speakers emphasized that Sustainable Ocean Plans are integral to addressing the Ocean Breakthroughs, a set of science-based targets launched...
View ArticleEvent: High-level Meeting on National Drought Policy +10
The High-level Meeting on National Drought Policy (HMNDP) +10 will convene under the theme, ‘Integrating Practice and Knowledge for Drought Resilience’. The Conference will bring together countries to...
View ArticlePolicy Brief: 2024: A Four-pronged Quest to Rebuild Trust and Restore Hope
It is with hope that the SDG Knowledge Hub’s editorial team looks ahead at 2024. We have identified four areas for policymakers and sustainable development professionals to watch in 2024.
View ArticleIPCC Agrees on Workplan for Its Seventh Assessment Cycle
Governments discussed a range of possibilities for the path forward, “illuminat[ing] diverging views and priorities”. Key divergences concerned the set of outputs for the cycle, delivery timelines for...
View ArticleEvent: 61st Session of the IPCC (IPCC-61)
The 61st session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC-61) will convene in July 2024. The meeting will be the third meeting of the seventh assessment cycle. The World Meteorological...
View ArticleClimate Inaction is More Expensive Than Climate Action: WMO Report
The ‘State of the Global Climate 2023’ report confirms that 2023 was the warmest year on record, with the global average near-surface temperature at 1.45°C above pre-industrial levels. On an average...
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