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WMO State of the Climate Presser - 9.11.26
The year 2026 continues the protracted streak of exceptional global temperatures, melting ice and rising sea levels, with a very strong El Niño event set to unleash even more heat and extreme weather well into 2027, according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). It highlights the knock-on risks to the environment, economy, and everyday life.
COP31 Begins: What’s at Stake at the UN Climate Summit?
The UN climate summit, COP31, is underway in Antalya, Türkiye from 9 to 20 November 2026. World leaders, negotiators, activists, scientists, business leaders, Indigenous Peoples, and civil society will come together to confront one of the defining challenges of our time: climate change.
UN Geneva Press Briefing: UNHCR, IOM, UNICEF, WHO - 6.11.26
🎥 Sudan: Millions at risk of losing emergency shelter as funding runs out; 🎥 Nearly 90 million displaced people face severe climate risks, says UNHCR; 🎥 Children in Ukraine experiencing major water supply disruptions as attacks on energy infrastructure continue; 🎥 Together for Science and Health initiative; 🎥 Announcements.
UN Geneva Press Briefing: UNICEF, UNFPA, ILO, ITU, WHO - 3.11.26
🎥 Mobilizing funding for education for children affected by crises; 🎥 Ukrainian children’s education disrupted by daily air-raid alarms; Children killed in Myanmar; 🎥 Death in detention of a UN staff member in Yemen; 🎥 Conditions for women and girls in Taizz and in IDP camps in Yemen; 🎥 Report on women in business and management; 🎥 Report on global digital connectivity; 🎥 Ebola outbreak; 🎥 Announcements.
Happening at UN Geneva
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) is the body of 18 independent experts that monitors implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights by its State parties. The Covenant enshrines economic, social and cultural rights such as the rights to adequate food, adequate housing, education, health, social security, water and sanitation, and work.
The Committee seeks to develop a constructive dialogue with State parties, determine whether the Covenant's norms are being applied, and assess how the implementation and enforcement of the Covenant could be improved so all people can enjoy these rights in full.
53rd session of Universal Periodic Review
The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a unique mechanism of the Human Rights Council that calls for each UN Member State to undergo a peer review of its human rights records every 4.5 years.
