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A UN-backed panel of experts concluded that the ozone layer recovery is on track, helping avoid global warming. UNIFEED

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

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 COP27 biodiversity day unfolds in Egypt, UNEP Goodwill Ambassador Ellie Goulding called on global community of leaders to acknowledge the importance of coral reefs, and “to get seriously ambitious and competitive about funding, restoration and protection.” 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

WHO today published a report highlighting the first-ever list of fungal "priority pathogens" – a catalogue of the 19 fungi that represent the greatest threat to public health. WHO

The United Nations’ General Assembly held a High-Level Thematic Debate entitled a “Moment for Nature”, with the goal of keeping the 1.5 degrees target alive, and rapidly accelerate the implementation of the SDGs for sustainable and resilient COVID-19 recoveries. UNIFEED

Today in Lisbon, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, addressed the opening ceremony of the 2022 Ocean Conference, along with the leaders of the two co-hosting nations – Portugal and Kenya and warned that we have taken the ocean for granted, and today we face what he would call an “Ocean Emergency”, adding that "we must now turn the tide." UNIFEED

A new app for mobile phones that provides localized information on ultraviolet (UV) radiation levels has been launched by WHO, WMO, UNEP, and ILO to help people protect themselves adequately. UNTV CH

World Environment Day’s official celebrations were held today in Stockholm, and the host country Sweden announced a ban on issuing new licenses for the extraction of coal, oil, and natural gas from 1 July this year to protect people and the planet. UNEP