UN - Climate changes

1. Holding on to home, as the ocean engulfs the Solomon Islands

   Morning light spreads over Sikaiana, a remote atoll in the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific where the ocean both sustains life and threatens it.  

2. In Brazil, Guterres calls for ‘fair, fast and final’ shift to clean energy

   UN Secretary-General António Guterres is continuing his campaign to accelerate the global switch from fossil fuels to clean energy – “the cheapest source of new electricity in nearly every country.” 

3. Nearly a third of Jamaica’s annual wealth wiped out by Hurricane Melissa

   Around 1.5 million Jamaicans have been impacted by Hurricane Melissa – the worst climate disaster in the Caribbean nation’s history, said the top UN development official in the region on Thursday.

4. Battlefields to wastelands: UN warns conflicts are destroying ecosystems worldwide

   From Gaza to Ukraine and beyond, conflict has caused widespread death and destruction, but it has also devastated natural resources such as water systems, farmland and forests. 

5. New Brazil-led fund aims to put forest protection at the heart of climate action

   Tropical forests, vital allies in the fight against climate breakdown, are vanishing at an alarming rate. On Thursday, in a bid to help reverse this trend, Brazil launched a new initiative at a summit of world leaders in Belém, the gateway to the Amazon.