UN - Climate changes

1. Indigenous Peoples sidelined in global climate fight, UN warns

   As the planet heats up and the push to decarbonise gathers pace, Indigenous Peoples – long among the world’s most effective environmental stewards – are once again being left behind, a new UN report reveals.

2. Climate change: How mountain communities are scaling new heights

   Low-lying islands aren’t the only ones at risk from our warming planet, as mountain communities are now finding.

3. World leaders rally for ‘full-speed’ climate action ahead of COP30

   At a high-stakes virtual summit on Wednesday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva brought together 17 national leaders from major economies and climate-vulnerable countries. The goal was to accelerate global climate ambition ahead of COP30, which will be hosted in Brazil.

4. Local leaders raise temperature on action to fight climate change

   City officials, state governors and other leaders across the world are ensuring their localities can benefit from initiatives that tackle climate change and prosper in an uncertain future. 

5. Climate crisis driving surge in gender-based violence, UN study finds

   Without urgent action, climate change could be linked to one in every ten cases of intimate partner violence by the end of the century.