UN Climate Change News, New York, 24 September 2026 – UN Climate Change unveiled a new strategy for its Entertainment and Culture for Climate Action (ECCA) initiative, which connects the power of storytelling with one of the defining issues of our time, at an event held during Climate Week NYC today. The strategy is the result of a consultation process run by UN Climate Change since May, supported by the Wellcome Trust and ECCA's own members, to sharpen the initiative's...

The following is a transcript of a speech delivered by UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell at the Build Clean Now Industry Acceleration Summit on Monday 21 September 2026 in New York City. Good morning. It’s a pleasure to join you today. And I thank the ITA for hosting us. The new King of New York – Knicks basketball star, Jalen Brunson said: "You’re allowed to think about the worst possible scenario. But you’ve got to go out there...

UN Climate Change News, 17 September 2026 -- The UN Climate Change Non-State Actor for Climate Action (NAZCA) portal – showcasing climate action commitments and progress from non-Party stakeholders – has launched the Initiative Self-Service, a new tool for registered cooperative climate initiatives (CCIs) to strengthen their climate progress tracking and reporting. The launch comes as NAZCA reaches more than 300 CCIs registered, a 70% increase since 2018. Of these, 190 are either actively…

The following is a transcript of a speech delivered by UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell at the European Parliament Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety in Brussels, Belgium, on Thursday 10 September 2026. Thank you for this opportunity. Climate is sometimes seen as a partisan issue: as territory in culture wars. That is palpably false. And we’ve just seen why: Europe’s summer has been hot as hell. This is the price of global fossil fuel addiction...

The 30th Meeting of the ASCOBANS Advisory Committee took place in Bonn, Germany in a hybrid format from 1-3 September 2026. The meeting discussed key issues facing cetaceans in the Baltic, Northeast Atlantic, Irish and North Seas.

The following is a transcript of a video message delivered by UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell during the high-level opening of the UNFCCC's fourth Climate Week in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Wednesday 9 September 2026. Excellencies, colleagues, friends, It is a pleasure to join you virtually in Baku for the opening of the fourth UNFCCC Climate Week. I thank the Government of Azerbaijan for hosting us again with such commitment and purpose. Baku holds a hugely important place in…

UN Climate Change News, 7 Septemner 2026 - Last April , governments, businesses, cities, Indigenous Peoples, local communities, international organizations and civil society gathered in Yeosu, Republic of Korea, for UN Climate Week 3 (CW3), to show how climate action has now entered the era of implementation. These lessons are already feeding directly into UN Climate Week 4 (CW4) that started today and runs until 11 September 2026, in Baku, Azerbaijan, designed to close the Climate…

UN Climate Change News, 4 September 2026 – One of the mandates contained in the Global Mutirão Decision , adopted at COP30, asks the UNFCCC secretariat to organize peer exchanges so countries can learn directly from each other on their national climate action plans, or NDCs. That mandate is no longer a plan on paper. So far, at least 22 peer exchange events dedicated to NDCs have taken place across all six regions covered by the UNFCCC secretariat and its...