Speaking at the start of the event, hosted by the governments of Germany and Chile, the UN’s top climate change official Patricia Espinosa outlined key deliverables of COP25 and called on governments to rapidly raise their levels of ambition to tackle climate change.

UN Climate Change News, 15 May 2019 – Accelerating climate change impacts mean that farmers around the world need to adopt «disaster-resilient» farming practices in order to grow adequate food for growing populations.

The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization has pushed forward with a number of measures aimed at supporting the achievement of the objectives set out in the initial IMO strategy on reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from ships, in line with the Paris Climate Change Agreementunder UNFCCC and the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Los bosques, junto con los océanos, forman el principal órgano respiratorio del planeta. Son de vital importancia para mantener la vida en la Tierra y desempeñan un papel importante en la lucha contra el cambio climático.

En el Día Internacional de la Diversidad Biológica, el Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas, António Guterres, ha advertido de las amenazas sin precedentes a las que se enfrentan los ecosistemas del mundo, y que están acelerando el cambio climático.