"SMALL ISLAND STATES"

Ahead of COP28 taking place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Secretary-General António Guterres visited melting glaciers in Antarctica and called for countries to “act now to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius, protect people from climate chaos, and end the fossil fuel age.” UNIFEED

Briefing by Monica Grayley, Spokesperson for the President of the 78th Session of the General Assembly.

Climate change took centre-stage as world leaders gathered for the annual General Assembly high-level debate this September in New York. UNIFEED / FILE

Weather-related disasters caused 43.1 million internal displacements of children in 44 countries over a six-year period – or approximately 20,000 child displacements a day - according to a new UNICEF analysis released. UNICEF

Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados, said, “the issues of debt sustainability cannot be left on the sidelines, particularly with a number of countries, more than 60 countries, facing debt row today, as we speak, because of the polycrisis.” UNIFEED

Speaking at the Climate Ambition Summit, UN chief António Guterres said that humanity has opened the gates to hell, “we can – and we must turn up the tempo.” UNIFEED

The President of Seychelles, Wavel Ramkalawan, told the General Assembly’s General Debate that “addressing the climate crisis is no longer optional. It is an immediate necessity.” UNIFEED

As July 2023 became the hottest month ever recorded, and just months away from COP 28, being held in Dubai from 30 November to 12 December, United Nations officials spoke about the need to step up climate action and climate justice. UNIFEED / FILE

General Assembly: 95th plenary meeting, 77th session.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Monday delivered a stark warning about the risk climate change poses to people’s right to food. He said, “Our environment is burning. Melting. Flooding. Depleting. Drying. Dying.” UNTV CH