"RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES"

Briefing by Monica Grayley, Spokesperson for the President of the 76th Session of the General Assembly.

Press briefing by Monica Grayley, Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly.

Press Conference by Haoliang Xu, Assistant Secretary-General with United Nations Development Programme, and Ms. Damilola Ogunbiyi, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL), co-chairs of the High-level Dialogue.

Adopting resolution 2589 (2021), Security Council calls on governments to protect peacekeepers, requests creation of online database cataloguing attacks. Harness digital technology to protect peacekeepers, civilians, Security Council urges, adopting presidential statement.

World has money, skills, vaccines to create inclusive, healthy planet for all, global leaders say, as high-level political forum ministerial segment begins.

World has money, skills, vaccines to create inclusive, healthy planet for all, global leaders say, as high-level political forum ministerial segment begins.

Press Conference for Ministerial Thematic Forums for the High-Level Dialogue on Energy

Briefing by Achim Steiner, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on the results of UNDP’s ‘Mission 1.5’ climate action poll - a global opinion poll on climate action, in partnership with Oxford University.

A virtual roundtable attended by the UN Secretary General, COP President and Foreign Secretary, and representatives from countries that are key to the success of the Energy Transitions Council, which aims to accelerate the transition from coal to clean power. The focus was on the need to rapidly shift to green, affordable and resilient power systems, a priority of the COP26 Presidency, as well as the importance of a just transition and green job opportunities. Investors and multilateral development banks (MDBs) were also invited to talk about financing the clean power transition and the policy environment needed.

Ngedikes Olai Uludong, Permanent Representative of Palau, Martin Hermann, Permanent Representative of Denmark, Peter Thomson, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Ocean, and Karen Sack, managing director of Ocean Unite, brief reporters on the forthcoming UN Ocean Conference, slated to take place from 2 to 6 June 2020 in Lisbon, Portugal.