"UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE - UNFCCC"

Transforming the way we produce, distribute and consume food offers a unique opportunity to curb greenhouse emissions, but investments are urgent to scale up the solutions available, says Kaveh Zahedi, head of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations climate division, ahead of the most important climate summit of the year, the forthcoming 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28). FAO

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

At the Fifth UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries in Doha, Qatar, a series of roundtable discussions on Tuesday saw global leaders dove into climate change. UNIFEED

From the war in Ukraine to the response in health crisis and providing life-saving humanitarian aid, the work of the United Nations remained vital in a year marked by multiple overlapping crises. UNIFEED

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said, “this COP has taken an important step towards justice. I welcome the decision to establish a loss and damage fund and to operationalize it in the coming period.” UNIFEED

On their day, the youth climate activists at COP27 took part in different “takeovers” and were seen – and heard – in almost every corner of the conference centre. UNIFEED

At a COP27 event on climate science, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Simon Stiell said, “science provides the evident and data on the impact of climate change, but it also gives us the tools and knowledge as how we need to address it.” UNIFEED

The UN Climate Change Conference in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt, should shift the world towards implementation of previously agreed plans to tackle humanity’s greatest challenge, Simon Stiell, the new Executive Secretary of the UN Climate Convention (UNFCCC), said at the opening of COP27. UNIFEED

Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Simon Stiell said, “climate change does not respect borders and boundaries, it does not respect political election cycles,” but it does impact the lives of people globally. UNIFEED / FILE

Security Council fails to adopt resolution integrating climate-related security risk into conflict-prevention strategies.