UN - Climate changes

1. ‘He felt heard’: How a film brought a UN report to life in Xochimilco

   A documentary drawn from United Nations University research was screened at the COP30 climate conference and film festivals across Europe. Its most important journey, though, was the one back to the Mexico City canals where it was filmed.

2. Rotting food waste emits 5 times more greenhouse gases than planes

   Rotting food waste is causing up to 10 per cent of total global greenhouse gas emissions – five times more than the entire aviation sector, the UN’s environment agency warned this week.

3. Uganda’s UN-supported wildlife forensics lab turns ivory seizures into convictions

   The package originated in Entebbe, Uganda, bound for Cairo, containing 10 kilograms of thumb-sized pieces that could have been either bone or elephant ivory.

4. From energy crisis to energy transition: How renewables are reshaping energy security

   The continuing conflict in the Middle East is disrupting global energy markets and pushing up fuel prices, with knock-on effects far beyond the region.

5. ‘Rising seas are sinking futures’

   World leaders approved the UN Declaration on Sea Level Rise by consensus on Thursday as the UN chief warned that encroaching waters are already threatening the future of coastal communities worldwide.