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New York, 11 December 2020 Mountains are home to stunning biodiversity. Mountain regions host more than a quarter of terrestrial plants and animals and 30 per cent of key biodiversity areas on land. At a time of accelerating climate change and land degradation, this year’s observance of…

New York, 12 December 2020 I am pleased to welcome you to the Climate Ambition Summit on the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement. Five years after Paris, we are still not going in the right direction. Paris promised to limit temperature rise to as close to 1.5 degrees as possible. But the…

New York, 12 December, 2020 At today’s Climate Ambition Summit, I appealed to leaders worldwide to declare a State of Climate Emergency in their countries until carbon neutrality is reached. There can be no doubting or denying that the world faces a climate emergency. The past decade was the hottest…

New York, 15 December 2020 Fruits and vegetables are the cornerstone of a healthy and varied diet. They provide the human body with an abundance of nutrients, strengthen immune systems and help lower risks for a number of diseases. Yet, despite these tremendous benefits, we do not consume enough of…

New York, 12 December 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has shown us just how important it is for all countries to have strong health systems that provide the entire population with quality services when and where they need them. This year we have seen the tragedy that strikes when health facilities are…

New York, 18 December 2020 On this International Migrants Day, we reflect on a year in which, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, millions upon millions of people have experienced the pain of separation from friends and family, the uncertainty of employment and the need to adapt to a new and…

New York, 27 December 2020 This first observance of the International Day of Epidemic Preparedness falls at the end of a year in which a scenario many had feared came tragically true. With COVID-19 having now killed more than 1.7 million people, devastated economies, upended societies and exposed…