"GREENHOUSE GASES"

UNICEF today launched a 10.3 billion US dollars emergency funding appeal to reach more than 173 million people – including 110 million children – affected by humanitarian crises, the enduring effects of the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide, and the growing threat of climate-impacted severe weather events. UNICEF

The United Nations and humanitarian partners in Kenya are appealing for $472.6 million to help 4.3 million drought-affected people in 2023, in support of the Government-led response, as the crisis is expected to worsen. UNEP

As world leaders meet next week at COP 27 to negotiate deals over lowering emissions to mitigate against the changing climate, farmers in Nepal have come up with a simple way to adapt from their own backyard. IFAD

Atmospheric levels of the three main greenhouse gases warming our planet - carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide- all reached new record highs in 2021, according to a new report from the UN’s World Meteorological Organization. UNIFEED

Describing the “biblical flood” that left one third of his country under water, the Prime Minister of Pakistan told the General Assembly that “the question to raise here is quite simple: why are my people paying the price of such high global warming through no fault of ours?” UNIFEED

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on the international community to work together to “respond quickly and collaboratively” to the crisis in Pakistan caused by floods. He said, “let’s stop sleepwalking towards the destruction of our planet by climate change. Today, it’s Pakistan. Tomorrow, it could be your country.” UNIFEED

According to the Special Rapporteur on human rights and climate change, more than 59 million people were internally displaced in 2021 as a consequence mainly related due to climate events. UNTV CH

With summer not officially started, Europe is already experiencing a major heatwave as a result of climate change. According to experts at the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), heatwaves are starting earlier, becoming more frequent and severe due to record-level concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. UNTV CH

Records in four out of seven key climate indicators were broken last year, UN climate scientists said on Wednesday, as the UN Secretary-General renewed his call for governments everywhere to end their reliance on fossil fuels “before we incinerate our only home.” UNTV CH

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