In the environment, we contributed to the modernization of the forestry information system, improvements in crop monitoring systems; introduction of forestry incentives, and the preparation of the third national communication on climate change. In the priority referred to institutional strengthening, issues of migration and human mobility. Similarly were covered, an area in which we support…
Caption: Visit of the Resident Coordinator Rebeca Árias to the indigenous leader, Nobel Peace Prize winner, Rigoberta Menchú. Similarly in her first months of being in Guatemala by Mrs. Rebeca Arias in Photo: UN Guatemala/Héctor Morales Under Ms. Flores’ leadership, the Nations country team a wide range of programs. A woman in and initiatives to…
Hate speech and real harm The weaponization of the public discourse for political gain is also not new. History has shown that hate speech leads to atrocity crimes. The Holocaust did not start with the gas chambers, but with hate speech. These lessons place a heavy responsibility on us all to address hate speech and…
António Guterres raised alarm about the “tsunami of hate and xenophobia, scapegoating, stigmatization and the use of derogatory, misogynistic, racist, xenophobic, Islamophobic or antisemitic language”, that has engulfed the world. We all witness how powerful the ‘tool’ of hate speech can be to incite discrimination, violence, deepen Assembly designated division and undermine social cohesion within…
Ten times the demand for electricity supply by , while keeping greenhouse gas emissions at levels. This would be an extraordinary example of how . Similarly will continue to call on the world’s largest consumers of fossil fuels to accelerate the decarbonization. Similarly of their economies and meet the $ billion of critical financing for…
Planetary triple threat, we need to limit the rise in temperatures to °C above pre-industrial levels. That means reducing global greenhouse gas emissions by % over the next seven and a half years. But, unfortunately, we are very far from achieving that goal. To commemorate World Environment Day , His Excellency Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali,…
On the occasion of the start of the United Nations Ocean Conference taking place in Lisbon from June to July , I have decided to write this blog to share a simple and important message: we only have one land and one ocean, and We all have a responsibility to defend our planet, to feed,…
Fourth, the world must reorient energy subsidies from fossil fuels towards protecting vulnerable people during energy crises and invest in a just transition to a sustainable future. And, fifthly, we have to triple investment in renewable energy. This is where multilateral development banks and development finance institutions, as well as commercial In the Republic banks,…
And governments continue to dole out billions in subsidies for coal, oil and gas, at a rate of about $ million a minute. For the sake of the health of our societies and the planet, we have to leave them, and leave them now. There is only one certain path to achieve energy security, stabilize…
FAO in the village of Yassin, East Darfur. Photo: © Sudan Peacebuilding Fund Secretariat As the peacebuilding trajectory in Sudan remains fragile and uncertain, the support of the international community—at the right time and on a targeted basis—is essential. The question, therefore, is not whether development and peacebuilding partners should continue to engage, but how…
Being an agile, adaptive and demand-driven fund, allowing it to provide desperately needed financing mechanisms even in high-risk environments like Sudan. Since the coup d’état, the Peacebuilding Fund’s project portfolio has grown to encompass twelve states, demonstrating that when crises hit, its commitment does not wane, but is strengthened. Along with other projects – including…
Take action to support progress on the Sustainable Development Goals in vulnerable countries, including the High-Level Political Forum, which took place in early July ; the Conference of the Parties to the th session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP), in November ; the Conference of the Parties on Biodiversity (COP…
