Tag: climate change
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What happened at COP26? Part 1
Catch up with key moments from COP26 in Glasgow. We find out why it is essential for climate action to be at the top of the 2030 Agenda, if we are to ensure that no one is left behind.
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Challenges of Climate Change: SI Signs Joint COP26 Statement
Soroptimist International joins other NGOs in endorsing a joint statement on climate action, ahead of COP26.
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Amplifying the Voices of the Youth at COP26
Liliana Mosca, SI UN Representative in Rome, reports on how youth climate activists are preparing for COP26.
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Generation Equality Forum: Feminism in the Context of the Environmental Crisis and the Climate Emergency
Linda Witong reports on the adverse effects of the climate crisis on women and girls – a topic discussed at the Generation Equality Forum in Mexico.
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General Assembly: High-level Meeting on Water 18 March, 2021
In a somber but riveting session, our audience learned about how challenging our future is in relation to the water crisis. H.E Mr. Volkan Bozkir, the President of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, began by relating how we were a long way from reaching our goals even before the COVID 19…
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Eating Better: For Us and the Planet!
SI UN Representative, Mary Muia, explains why food will be a hot topic at this year’s United Nations Environment Assembly.
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‘We the Peoples’ in Conversation with UN Secretary-General
As part of the UN75 celebrations, UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterrez, discusses the key priorities for the United Nations as it responds to the findings of the UN75 global survey.
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Sleepwalking into catastrophe – Climate Change #16Days
The world is still ‘sleepwalking’ into the ‘catastrophe’ known as climate change – even though we have been warned that climate impacts are now hitting harder and sooner than climate assessments indicated even a decade ago.
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Education for Sustainable Development and Climate Action
Education for Sustainable Development is not an ‘extra’ but rather an integral part of any strategy to combat the effects of climate change.
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Have we reached a positive tipping point on the climate crisis?
A report from the week long 6th Annual Subcommittee Meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives, 7 – 11 October 2019, held at the United Nations, Nairobi.