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H.E. Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados and Co-Chair of the GLG H.E. Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh and Co-Chair of the GLG H.E. Philip Davis, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of the…
The science is clear that we must end plastic pollution. Plastic production and consumption has soared since the 1950s. Marine plastic pollution has soared with it: increasing tenfold since 1980. Such pollution is…
Your excellency, Ermin Erdoğan, First Lady of the Republic of Turkey My friend and Nairobi colleague Maimunah Mohd. Sharif, Executive Director of UN Habitat Selwin Hart, Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-General…
When it comes to safeguarding the natural world, we have heard many commitments. But commitments are easy. It is turning them into action that is hard. It is one minute to midnight for the United Nations…
Is there anything more awe-inspiring than a mountain? It is no surprise that they are spaces of such spiritual significance for many – hosting ancient monasteries and sparking lore that stretches back for centuries…
The blue vastness of the ocean makes our land-based lives possible. The ocean dominates the hydrological cycle. Phytoplankton produce at least half of the planet’s oxygen. Over three billion people rely on the…
Thank you for inviting me to speak about the impacts of climate change on women and girls. And discuss this we must - because in an already unequal world – the triple planetary crisis – of climate change; of…
HE Ken Okaniwa, Ambassador of Japan to Kenya, Excellencies, friends. Thank you for coming to this commemoration, to mark 77 years after the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. The environment is a casualty of…
Your excellency Siti Nurbaya, Minister of Environment and Forestry of Indonesia Your excellency Sameh Shoukry, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt and UNFCCC COP27 President Designate. Ministers, Excellencies, and…
My sincere thanks to His Excellency President of the General Assembly Abdulla Shahid for bringing us together as we seek – a “moment for nature”. Because we are seeing – and we need to see – growing attention to…
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