"CLIMATE CHANGE"

Opening remarks by Secretary-General António Guterres, at the High-level Dialogue on Energy.

New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told the UN General Assembly that the COVID-19 pandemic “has been the ultimate disrupter,” but it has also provided an opportunity to “reset.” She said, “Like the drafters of the Charter, we owe future generations our commitment to hand down a better world forged through cooperation.” UNIFEED

In his address to a High-level Dialogue on Energy, Secretary-General António Guterres said, “we have a double imperative – to end energy poverty and to limit climate change. And we have an answer that will fulfil both imperatives. Affordable, renewable and sustainable energy for all.” UNIFEED

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai said, “I was targeted for speaking out for girls education, and it proved to me that the Taliban was scared of the voice of women and girls. They did not want to hear women and girls speak out for equality, and they did not want to see women being educated.” UNIFEED

On the occasion of its second anniversary, the Alliance for Multilateralism held a hybrid ministerial meeting on the margins of the High-Level Week of the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. UNIFEED

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan said that the level of COVID-19 vaccine inequity is “appalling,” adding that “it is truly disheartening to see that whilst most of our countries have inoculated less than 2 per cent of our populace and thus, seek for more vaccines for our people, other countries are about to roll out the third dose, calling it ‘booster vaccine’.” UNIFEED

Micheál Martin, Taoiseach of Ireland, briefs reporters following the Security Council Debate on Maintenance of International Peace and Security: Climate and Security.

Ine Eriksen Søreide, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Norway, briefs reporters following the Security Council Debate on Maintenance of International Peace and Security: Climate and Security.

The global climate crisis’ dire impact on international peace and security calls for bolder collective action, Secretary-General tells Security Council.

Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council that the effects of climate change “are particularly profound when they overlap with fragility and past or current conflicts,” and are “complicating efforts to prevent conflict and to sustain peace.” UNIFEED