UN - Climate changes

1. The latest UN biodiversity summit opens in Colombia; here’s what’s at stake

   The UN biodiversity summit known as COP16 officially opened in Colombia on Monday, and hopes are high that negotiating countries can agree on a path forward to safeguarding the planet.

2. A ‘people’s COP’ to heal the planet: UN biodiversity summit opens in Colombia

   Secretary-General António Guterres urged delegations from some 190 countries to “make peace with nature” and shore up a plan to stop habitat loss, save endangered species, and preserve our planet’s precious ecosystems as the latest UN biodiversity summit got under way in Cali, Colombia on Sunday night.

3. Waiting for the ‘big one’ – natural hazards in the Philippines: A UN Resident Coordinator blog

   The Philippines is preparing for the possibility of either a super typhoon or a significant earthquake, often referred to by Filipinos as the “big one.”

4. Twenty years on: Indonesia ‘better prepared’ following tsunami

   When Ahmadi, a local storyteller on the Indonesian island of Simeulue, sings a lullaby to his one-year-old grandson, the song is not one about fairies and angels but rather about the precautions to take in a potential tsunami.

5. ‘Minutes from midnight’: Mohammed calls for urgent climate action

   As Florida reeled from the catastrophic impacts of Hurricane Milton – just the latest extreme weather event to generate international headlines – UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed highlighted the global climate crisis during a speech in Azerbaijan on Thursday.