Climate, Gaza & other topics - Daily Press Briefing | United Nations

Noon Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General. Highlights: - Climate - Deputy Secretary-General - Occupied Palestinian Territory - Yemen - Sudan - Sudan/Humanitarian - Democratic Republic of the Congo - Democratic Republic of the Congo/Peacekeeping - Somalia - Ukraine - Kashmir - International Days - Briefings Tomorrow CLIMATE This morning, the Secretary-General and President Lula of Brazil convened a virtual leaders’ session on climate and just transition. After the meeting he spoke to some of you and said that he heard a unifying message: our world faces massive headwinds and a multitude of crises, but we cannot allow climate commitments to be blown off course. The Secretary-General added that we must keep building momentum for action at COP30 in Brazil— and that today was an important part of that effort. The Secretary-General also said that renewables are the economic opportunity of the century. Dissenters and fossil fuel interests may try to stand in the way, but the world is moving forward - full speed ahead. The Secretary-General urged leaders to take action on two fronts: first — to step up efforts to submit the strongest possible national climate plans well ahead of COP30. And second, to scale-up support for developing countries. DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL The Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, is travelling to Washington, D.C. this afternoon, to attend the World Bank/International Monetary Fund Annual Spring Meetings and engage in discussions with key stakeholders and government officials. Ms. Mohammed will participate in a ministerial roundtable to discuss the upcoming fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) and priority actions to support the Sustainable Development Goals. She will separately meet with Finance Ministers, leaders of International Financial Institutions and Multilateral Development Banks to discuss the challenging global economic context, its implications for sustainable development, and how to mitigate the risks for the world’s poorest countries. The Deputy Secretary-General will return to New York tomorrow evening.  Full Highlights: https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/noon-briefing-highlight?date%5Bvalue%5D%5Bdate%5D=23%20April%202025


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