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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Financing for development: Reforming global systems to drive progress
A multipolar world needs to foster resilience and address the significant shortfall in funding for the Sustainable Development Goals. The time for action is now.
UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
World must pull together to build a fairer, more sustainable planet: UNEP annual report
The UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Annual Report, released today, calls for a dramatic uptick in ambition and action …
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Small island nations: How oceans offer solutions to climate change
New analysis unpacks how small island developing states are leveraging the ocean for climate action, calling for more …
UN Women
COP29 decisions deliver gains for gender equality in climate action, but more remains to be done
The COP29 climate conference concluded on 24 November with several key global agreements on climate action, including a …
All #COP29 Press Releases
11 December 2024
5 December 2024
20 November 2024
About Asean EU-German Climate Action Programme (CAP)
Asean strengthens climate action commitment through new cycle of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)
Singapore International Foundation (SIF)
Singapore International Foundation announces first project of its Southeast Asia Partnership for Adaptation through Water (SEAPAW) in East Malaysia
11 November 2024
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
UN Trade and Development drives integrated finance, investment and trade solutions to climate change
6 November 2024
28 October 2024
27 October 2024
UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
Nations must close huge emissions gap in new climate pledges and deliver immediate action, or 1.5°C lost
14 October 2024
UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
US$8 trillion opportunity in sustainable cooling solutions for developing economies
25 September 2024
United Arab Emirates Ministry of Climate Change and Environment
UAE Council for Climate Action reviews progress in national climate initiatives, final preparations for COP29
24 August 2024
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Indonesia sets path for climate-friendly cooling with National Cooling Action Plan
6 August 2024
Zoological Society of London
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