"FOSSIL FUELS"

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

“Today, I think that we can say that the end of coal is within sight”, COP26 President Alok Sharma declared as Poland, Vietnam and Chile among other countries committed to phase out coal-fuelled power generation and to stop building new plants on Energy Day at the summit Thursday. UNIFEED

At the opening of the COP26 Summit in Glasgow, UN chief Antonio Guterres called for greater ambition on mitigation and immediate concrete action to reduce global emissions by 45 per cent by 2030. He told world leaders, “Enough treating nature like a toilet,” adding, “We are digging our own graves.” UNIFEED

The world is at a turning point on climate change on the eve of the global COP26 meeting in Glasgow next week, IMF Managing Director Kristalina said Thursday (October 28) in Washington, DC. IMF

Monthly press briefing by Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia.

Speaking at a high-level meeting on climate action, UN chief Antonio Guterres said that the climate crisis is a code red for humanity, adding that “the time has passed for diplomatic niceties,” and “if governments do not stand up and lead this effort, we are headed for terrible human suffering.” UNIFEED

New and updated commitments made ahead of the pivotal climate conference COP26 in the past months are a positive step forward, but the world remains on track for a dangerous global temperature rise of at least 2.7°C this century even if fully met, a new report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has warned. UNIFEED

Press Conference by António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General, and Inger Andersen, United Nations Environment Programme Executive Director, on the launch of the UN Environment Programme's Emissions Gap Report.

The hybrid event focuses on the gap between current and required technical and financial capacities needed to achieve the 1.5 degrees target. The event aims to showcase best practices that simultaneously address climate action and the challenges exacerbated by the pandemic.