"FOSSIL FUELS"

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that the IPCC report launched today is “a clarion call to massively fast-track climate efforts by every country and every sector and on every timeframe.” In a reference to this year’s Best Film Academy Award winner, he said, “our world needs climate action on all fronts -- everything, everywhere, all at once.” IPCC

Secretary-General António Guterres said “Africa is poised for progress,” but faces “enormous tests” on “almost every front.” UN ECA

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said, “As we look to priorities for this year, a rights-rooted approach is central to achieving our ultimate priority: a safer, more peaceful, more sustainable world.” UNIFEED

Secretary-General António Guterres called for a “peace pact with nature,” as well as “a dramatic step up in climate action.” UNIFEED

After days of intense negotiations that stretched into early Sunday morning in Sharm el-Sheikh, countries at the latest UN Climate Change Conference, COP27, reached agreement on an outcome that established a funding mechanism to compensate vulnerable nations for ‘loss and damage’ from climate-induced disasters. 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

At a COP27 press encounter, UN Secretary-General António Guterres reiterated, “we have agreed solutions in front of us – to respond to loss and damage, to close the emissions gap, and to deliver on finance,” he urged parties “to act -- and act quickly.” UNIFEED

During the peoples’ march at COP27, Colombian Climate Activist Gina Cortes Valderrama said, “there cannot be climate justice without human rights and indigenous peoples’ rights. We call on governments to stop shrinking civil space, to respect the rights and dignity of all indigenous people, workers, climate activists, human rights, and environmental defenders.” UNIFEED

As the world’s population reached 8 billion today, UN top officials called the mark “a success story”, but also highlighted the challenges that come with it. UNIFEED

On keeping 1.5 degree alive, IPCC Lead Scientist on Energy Jim Skea said, “every fraction of a degree of warming matters,” and we need to “up the action on mitigation and up the action on adaptation.” UNIFEED