The opening of the high-level segment of Asia-Pacific Climate Week (to 6 September) took place in Bangkok on Wednesday.

These are just some of the environmental heroes who have dedicated their lives to bringing their audacious visions of a better world to life.

UN Climate Change News, 2 September 2019 – In December of this year, 10 developed countries will present their actions to meet their 2020 climate targets through a multilateral assessment process.

When ‘Akilisi Pōhiva, the Prime Minister of Tonga, shed tears at a regional summit on climate change in August, it brought home the agony of Pacific islanders grappling with the reality of global warming and rising seas.

The contributions, amounting to Euro 1.44 billion, CAD 300 million and Euro 1.548 billion respectively, were announced during the recent G7 summit of industrialized nations hosted by France.

People all over the world are calling for a shift towards a greener, cleaner future, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said during the G7 summit in Biarritz, France, yesterday, stressing that “we have the tools to address the climate emergency, but we need more political will”.

Raising ambition is crucial to grasp the many opportunities of climate action and to stave off the worst impacts of climate change.

Around 4,000 people from all over the region and many other countries participated in the Latin America and Caribbean Climate Week (LACCW 2019) that closed today with calls for more ambition and stronger collaboration among all levels of government, the private sector and civil society to implement the national climate plans (known as Nationally Determined Contribution, or “NDCs”) and to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement.

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Over 3,000 participants are expected at the Latin America and Caribbean Climate Week that will take place in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, from 19 to 23 August 2019, including government ministers and senior representatives of multilateral agencies and non-governmental organizations.