Ulrika Modéer
Assistant Secretary General & Director of Bureau of External Relations & Advocacy @UNDP🌏 Former State Secretary from Sweden believing in a sustainable future
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Advancing United Nations Responses to Climate-related Security Risks | SIPRI
The security implications of climate change have increasingly been debated in the United Nations Security Council. Yet, there is a growing concern by many UN member states about the lack of adequate responses to the risks that climate change poses...
Nature ‘one of most effective ways’ of combatting climate change
<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Hundreds of thousands of people in the Lake Chad region of Africa have been displaced as a result of insecurity caused by armed insurgent groups. Many, who were abducted and suffered atrocities at the hand of...
Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture 2019: Christiana Figueres
The Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation is proud to present this year’s lecturer Christiana Figueres, former Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Global cooperation in a polarized time
Event in Gothenburg, Sweden by Samhällsvetenskap-GU on Thursday, October 17 2019
Can 'climate finance' fund a transition to a low-carbon economy?
UN Climate Action Summit hopes to catalyse the private sector to lead global shift away from fossil fuels to renewables.
Global Focus - Seychelles, blazing a trail in marine conservation
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"Why is the Amazon on fire?" asks Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
After seeing all the images of the Amazon burning, Actor & UNDP Goodwill Ambassador Nikolaj Coster-Waldau visited Peru to find out why. What he saw firsthand…
Game of Thrones star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau travels to the Amazon with UNDP to discover the real story behind the fires
Game of Thrones star and UNDP Goodwill Ambassador Nikolaj Coster-Waldau has just returned from a fact-finding journey to Peru, where he traveled deep into the jungles of the Amazon with the UN agency to get to the bottom of the causes – and the...
For People. For Planet.
Our shared ability to do something extraordinary, if given a goal and a deadline.
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Ulrika Modéer
”Moon shot or Earth shot — let the decade ahead, inspire us to leave no one behind. Reaching the Sustainable Development Goals is our best shot — for people, for planet, for prosperity and for peace.” @AminaJMohammed tells it like it is
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The climate issue
Climate change touches everything this newspaper reports on. It must be tackled urgently and clear-headedly
What’s in the box? This toolkit takes climate action from the classroom to the courtyard
UNDP’s “Climate Box,” launched last year, is teaching children how to lead climate- and environmentally-friendly lifestyles.
Greta Thunberg: ‘We are ignoring natural climate solutions’
Film by Swedish activist and Guardian journalist George Monbiot says nature must be used to repair broken climate
Ulrika Modéer
What about the solutions that are right in from of us? Watch and share this inspiring message from @GretaThunberg and @GeorgeMonbiot🌏 And follow @UNDP work on nature based solutions to fight climate change
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A Call for Action: Preventing Violent Conflict in Fragile States
U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations and UNDP’s Crisis Bureau
24 Hour Live and pre-recorded Programming
The UN Web TV Channel is available 24 hours a day with selected live programming of United Nations meetings and events as well as with pre-recorded video features and documentaries on various global issues.
Tackling Crisis in Wildlife Conservation and Animal Welfare - SDG Media Zone at the 73rd session of United Nations General Assembly
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Michele Oliver, Valerie Williamson, and Maher Nasser participated in a panel discussion on the topic of 'Tackling Crisis in Wildlife Conservation and Animal Welfare'.
Researcher, Climate Change and Risk Programme | SIPRI
SIPRI is seeking a talented Researcher in the study area of Climate Change and Risk (CCR).
Six things you didn't know about the true cost of fast fashion
Fashion makes its way into wardrobes around the world faster than ever, but the planet pays a significant price.