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Credit: Kiara Worth | UN Climate Change The following is a transcript of remarks made by UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell at the opening of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, on 11 November 2024. Excellencies, Delegates, Colleagues, Friends, It is an honor to welcome you to COP29. I thank Dr. Sultan Al Jaber and the Emirati Presidency for their tireless work, as they pass the…

UN Climate Change News, 10 November 2024 – Climate action by non-Party stakeholders, including businesses, investors, sub-national actors and civil society, is driving progress towards the goals of the Paris Agreement, and their engagement is more crucial than ever, as highlighted in the 2024 Yearbook of Global Climate Action launched today. “There can be no comprehensive approach without the involvement of the entire economy and the whole of our societies. And that means we need Parties and…

UN Climate Change News, 08 November 2024 – Five developing countries took a critical step toward climate transparency last month, participating in the thirty-third round of technical analysis for Biennial Update Reports (BURs) from 14 to 18 October 2024 in Bonn, Germany. In this round, experts analyzed detailed national climate data reported in the BURs from Algeria, the Central African Republic, Mali, Seychelles, and the United Arab Emirates, underscoring diverse efforts made and challenges…

SECEMU is the Spanish Association for the Conservation and Study of Bats, which brings together professionals and researchers in the world of bats from Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Gibraltar. With the aim of promoting the exchange of information and experiences among them, since 1992 different conferences have been held. This year, 2024, the IX SECEMU Conference will be held in Aracena, Huelva, on the 6th, 7th and 8th of December. If you work with bats, if they are the focus...

UN Climate Change News, 5 November 2024 – Cities, Indigenous groups, businesses, and organizations across regions are advancing inclusive, nature-positive climate solutions to help make a net-zero future achievable by 2050, according to a new report by the Marrakech Partnership, UN Climate Change and the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions. ‘Truly Global: A Regional Outlook on the 2030 Climate Solutions’ provides regional perspectives on climate action from Africa, Asia, Latin America…

The following is a statement from UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell on the release of the 2024 Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) Synthesis Report on 28 October 2024. The report assesses the combined impact of nations’ current national climate plans (NDCs) on expected global emissions in 2030, among other measures. (Arabic translation of the statement is available here) Today’s NDC Synthesis Report must be a turning point, ending the era of inadequacy and…

UN Climate Change News, 28 October 2024 – On 18 October 2024, UN Climate Change, in collaboration with the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and UNEP, hosted a learning and knowledge sharing event in Geneva that brought together 20 parliamentarians and parliamentary staff from small island developing states (SIDS) and least developed countries (LDCs) to discuss their vital role in advancing and implementing national climate plans (known as nationally determined contributions or NDCs). The full-…