"UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE - UNFCCC"

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

People, countries impacted by climate change also vulnerable to terrorist recruitment, violence, speakers tell Security Council in open debate.

People, countries impacted by climate change also vulnerable to terrorist recruitment, violence, speakers tell Security Council in open debate.

Representatives of 197 Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) pledged Saturday to double down on emissions reduction targets and double up on climate financing for adaptation to the crisis. UNIFEED

After extending the COP26 climate negotiations an extra day, nearly 200 countries in Glasgow, adopted on Saturday an outcome document that, according to the UN Secretary-General, reflects the interests, the contradictions, and the state of political will in the world today. UNIFEED

Secretary-General António Guterres said, “we cannot settle for the lowest common denominator,” and stressed that “we remain on a catastrophic temperature rise track well above 2 degrees Celsius.” UNIFEED

Women took the global stage today in Glasgow to show that climate change isn’t gender neutral, and that climate action needs to invest in women and girls. UNIFEED

On COP26’s Youth Day in Glasgow, thousands of people, including many striking school children, took to the city’s streets to demand action on climate change. Stark calls for climate justice were heard in speeches and chants as the congregation reached George Square. UNIFEED

At the COP26 meeting in Glasgow, three UN agencies unveiled a new financing mechanism to boost climate action. Stakeholders of the initiative gathered to announce the creation of the Systematic Observations Finance Facility the SOFF. WMO

COP26 President Alok Sharma today said that despite not meeting the 2020 target of 100 billion, he expressed confidence in OECD analyses which predicted the target would be met in 2022 and 2023, and “over the five-year period from 2021-2025, we will likely be above 500 billion dollars in aggregate.” UNIFEED