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United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
As world heads for overshoot of 1.5°C, adaptation is too slow
Growth in international public adaptation finance flows are flattening, rising by just US$1 billion between 2023 and 2024.
UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
UNEP report lays out emission cuts needed for return to 1.5°C
With global temperature rise set to exceed 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, urgent and stringent cuts to greenhouse gas …
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
New US$78 million initiative to restore land, improve livelihoods across Great Green Wall countries
A new US$78 million programme aims to restore 270,000 hectares of degraded land and improve the livelihoods of …
Philanthropy Asia Alliance
Philanthropy Asia Alliance supports Southeast Asia Heat Health Hub to scale coordinated action on extreme heat
The Philanthropy Asia Alliance is supporting the next stage of development of the Global Heat Health Information Network …
All #global warming Press Releases
7 September 2026
UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
UNEP: World set to cross 1.5°C global warming, but can still limit, adapt to and return from higher temperatures
17 August 2026
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
What climate signals reveal about mangrove risks
11 August 2026
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Beneath warming seas, communities are helping reefs recover
29 July 2026
17 July 2026
11 July 2026
United Nations Environment Programme
From promises to progress: why the Bonn conference must push the needle on climate change
11 June 2026
2 June 2026
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
50 cities for climate action: avoiding and adapting to a 50°C world
29 May 2026
UN Food Systems Coordination Hub
What countries are learning as food systems come under pressure
11 May 2026
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
El Niño likely to return: The case for early action
5 May 2026
21 April 2026
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
From flooded to future‑ready: Why Asia‑Pacific cities must become ‘sponges’
12 April 2026
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
From dialogue to delivery: The Pacific’s climate mobility moment
25 March 2026
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Housing as climate resilience in Asia-Pacific cities
17 March 2026
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
UN endorses first-ever global statistical framework to measure disaster risk and impacts
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