Climate emergency: City mayors are 'world's first responders', says UN chief

City bosses are “the world’s first responders to the climate emergency” UN chief António Guterres declared on Friday, at an international mayors’ summit in Copenhagen. https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/10/1049091
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Far more needed to ‘confront the world’s climate emergency’, Guterres tells ASEAN-UN Summit 

03 Nov 2019

Four of the 10 countries most affected by climate change are members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said on Sunday, urging the ASEAN-UN Summit in Bangkok to “confront the world’s climate emergency”.

UN chief appoints former New York Mayor as Special Envoy for Climate Action

05 Mar 2018

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday appointed Michael R. Bloomberg, the former Mayor of New York City, as his Special Envoy for Climate Action.

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Global Refugee Forum ends with bold pledges, solutions for displaced

15 Dec 2023

While some of the world’s poorest countries are welcoming refugees “with great hospitality”, the international community must match that generosity with far greater solidarity, UN chief António Guterres said on Friday.