Announcements
The Climate Action Summit will showcase new initiatives by government, business and civil society to increase their commitments achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement and work toward reducing emissions to essentially zero by mid-century.
Climate Action Summit yields plans to increase financing for green, livable cities, and to promote sustainable infrastructure, transport
23 September 2019
Banks, businesses, civil society and governments at all levels are to announce initiatives to finance and build a new generation of sustainable cities at the UN Climate Action Summit in New York today.
Climate Action Summit to provide solutions for increasing energy efficiency and for sustainable cooling in a warming world
23 September 2019
A new initiative to increase energy efficiency and dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions, as well as another to support sustainable climate friendly cooling access for all as global temperatures hit record highs, are to be announced at the UN Climate Action Summit in New York today.
Efforts to make communities safer from climate change to be launched at Climate Action Summit include insurance, early warning, and investment in small-scale farmers
23 September 2019
Recognizing that the people who are most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change are almost always the people who have contributed the least to its causes, multilateral and unilateral institutions and the private sector are to make a series of announcements to help people avoid the dangers of climate impacts.
Political and financial support for new efforts to scale up use of nature-based solutions to be announced at Climate Action Summit
23 September 2019
New initiatives aimed at increasing the use of nature-based solutions are to be announced today at the United Nations Secretary-General’s Climate Action Summit in New York.
New leadership group to be announced at Climate Action Summit to drive industry transition to low-carbon economy
23 September 2019
A new initiative is to be launched today at the UN Climate Action Summit to help guide the world’s heaviest greenhouse gas emitting industries toward the low-carbon economy.
Jobs and health are key elements of new initiatives to be launched at Climate Action Summit to ensure people’s well-being during the transition to a green economy
23 September 2019
New initiatives aimed at ensuring that the transition to a green economy benefits all people are to be launched today at the United Nations Secretary-General’s Climate Action Summit in New York, with an emphasis on actions that help people secure employment, improve health, and promote gender equality.