The climate crisis: 5 things to watch out for in 2025

The Amazonian city of Belém, Brazil, will be the global focus of efforts to tackle the climate crisis next year, when it hosts one of the most significant UN climate conferences in recent years. However, well before the event in November, 2025 will see plenty of opportunities to make important progress on several climate-related issues, from the staggering levels of plastic pollution to financing the shift to a cleaner global economy. https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2024/12/1158446
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The climate crisis: 5 things to watch out for in 2025
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INTERVIEW: Turn the tide on water crisis with game-changing commitments, urge co-hosts of UN conference

28 Feb 2023

Water is life, yet this vital natural resource is being depleted, polluted and mismanaged. Disruption to the hydrological cycle is also causing more water-related disasters. To tackle the challenges, the United Nations will convene in March one of the most important water events in history at its Headquarters in New York. 

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Egypt prepares for flagship UN climate conference, in a year of unprecedented global weather shocks

05 Sep 2022

Regional authorities in Egypt, the host country of the 2022 UN climate conference (COP27), are ramping up initiatives designed to improve the country’s environmental credentials, and speed up its transition to a low carbon economy. The event will begin on 4 November, in the Egyptian resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh.

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New UN ‘roadmap’ shows how to drastically slash plastic pollution

New UN ‘roadmap’ shows how to drastically slash plastic pollution

16 May 2023

Plastic pollution could be slashed by 80 per cent by 2040 if countries and companies use existing technologies to make significant policy shifts and market adjustments, according to a new UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report released on Tuesday.