Emissions Gap report
The United Nations Environment Programme’s annual Emissions Gap report reveals the temperature rise we are currently headed for by the end of the century compared to pre-industrial times. It also reveals the amount we need to cut emissions by in order to bring the temperature rise down to internationally-agreed levels. Both conditional and non-conditional pledges made by countries under the Paris Agreement are analysed. The report - which is produced together with an international team of leading scientists - furthermore lays out actions that can be taken for reducing emissions in specific sectors. Inger Andersen, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) John Christensen, Director, UNEP-Danish Technology Institute Partnership Petteri Taalas, Secretary-General, World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Abdalah Mokssit, Secretary, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Katia Simeonova, Manager, Mitigation and Data Analysis Programme (MDA), United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Greenhouse Gas Bulletin. Annual report by WMO on atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide and other major greenhouse gases. This precedes the launch on 26 November of UN Environment's Emissions Gap report
The press conference will be webcast live on http://webtv.un.org/ Petteri Taalas, WMO Secretary-General
Landmine Monitor 20 Year Review Report Launch
The press conference will be webcast live on http://webtv.un.org/ Stephen Goose, Arms Division Director, Human Rights Watch Loren Persi, ICBL-CMC, Landmine Monitor 2019 editor, casualties and victim assistance Marion Loddo, Landmine Monitor 2019 editor, support for mine action Morgan McKenna, Monitor Programme Manager Renata Dwan, Director, UNIDIR
Breakfast and exchange ahead of the 33rd International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent
Breakfast will be served in front of Press Room 1. Matthew Cochrane, Spokesperson, International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Didier Revol, Media Relations Officer, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Philippe Stoll, Research in Humanitarian Communication, ICRC Ann Vaessen, Senior Media & Advocacy Officer, IFRC
Launch of the ILO report “Measuring financing gaps for achieving SDG target 1.3: Global estimates and strategies for developing countries”
Under embargo until Monday, 25 November at 9:00 p.m. GMT (10:00 p.m. Geneva time) Valérie Schmitt, Deputy Director of ILO’s Social Protection Department Fabio Durán Valverde, Head of ILO Public Finance, Actuarial and Statistics Unit
Launch of the first-ever global estimates of insufficient physical activity among adolescents (11-17 years old) over time, from 2001-2016
Under embargo until 22 November 00:30 Geneva time (21 November 11:30 p.m. London time) The study (under embargo until 00.30am Geneva time Friday 22 November and being published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health) was undertaken by WHO experts and describes changes in levels of insufficient physical activity of boys and girls in all regions of the world, how this impacts young people’s health, and commitments countries have taken and can implement to respond to the health challenge posed by physical inactivity. For reporters wanting an advance embargoed copy of the study, please contact the WHO media team at mediainquiries@who.int Dr Regina Guthold, study lead author, Scientist, Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent health and Ageing Department, WHO Dr Leanne Riley, study co-author, Program Manager, Department of NCDs, WHO
Presentation of the Least Developed Countries Report 2019 – The present and future of external development finance – Old dependence, new challenges
Embargo until Tuesday, 19 November 2019 at 5:00 p.m. GMT (6:00 p.m. Geneva time) Isabelle Durant, UNCTAD Deputy Secretary-General Paul Akiwumi, Director, Division for Africa and LDCs, UNCTAD
Innovative nuclear technique that sterilizes mosquitoes to be tested in countries to control dengue, Zika and chikungunya
Raman Velayudhan, Coordinator, WHO Department of Neglected Tropical Diseases Florence Fouque, Team leader of Vectors, Environment and Society unit, TDR (Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases) Jérémy Bouyer, medical entomologist, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture