Tag: António Guterres
UN issues another climate warning and call to action
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has published its latest assessment of the climate crisis, following its 2021 “code red for...
UN initiative to address climate confusion and misinformation
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres was quite candid in his address: "We are flirting with climate...
Standards for securing business accountability on biodiversity
The adoption of the Kunming-Montréal Global Biodiversity Framework, signed at the United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15) last month, is without doubt a major milestone, committing...
Walking the walk with WSP at COP27’s Canadian pavilion
More than 33,000 delegates from over 200 countries around the world have come together to discuss climate action at the 2022 United Nations Climate Change...
Accountability for a just transition: why COP27 must look beyond emissions
In the heat of Sharm El Sheikh, discussions started on November 6, 2022 that will determine how, over the next years, we address the...
UN appoints Catherine McKenna chair of net-zero expert group
Since the adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2015, the world has seen an increasing number of net-zero commitments, in particular from the private and...
IPCC report warns of climate inaction costs and calls for climate...
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released the second part of the Sixth Assessment Report, Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, the Working...
COP26 results in climate agreement but skepticism remains
COP26 – UN Climate Change Conference UK 2021 wrapped up two eventful weeks of global climate pledges and high-level consensus on key climate action...
Crisis Communication: How to Turn a Code Red into Climate...
By Connie Vitello
This week the world’s leading authority on global climate change issued a “code red.” This comes as no surprise to Canadians who...
IPCC Releases “Code Red” Global Climate Report
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) — the United Nations (UN) body that assesses the science of climate change — has released its...