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WHO appointed Dr Vanessa Kerry as the Director-General’s Special Envoy for Health Resilience. The role focuses on health systems’ ability to withstand climate change and emergencies.
More than 25 education ministers and representatives presented a joint statement on 8 September during UNESCO’s Digital Learning Week in Paris. It called for education to remain a human right and common good in the age of artificial intelligence.
A UNEP and CCAC report estimates about US$15 in economic benefits for each US$1 invested in joint climate and air-pollution action.
A UNEP article published on 4 September summarized a new status report from the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network. The report surveyed nearly 37,000 coral sites in more than 120 countries, comparing cover in 2020–2024 with the 1980–2009 historical average, and estimated that at least 9.5% of hard corals had disappeared.
UNFCCC says at least 22 peer exchanges on implementing national climate plans have taken place across all six regions.
UNEP’s Limiting Overshoot report expects warming to cross 1.5°C in the next few years and examines pathways to limit and reverse the overshoot.
WHO Europe published a report emphasizing governance readiness for responsible artificial-intelligence use in health systems. Its online dialogue brought together experts from 105 countries.
A capacity-development programme held in Beijing from 17 to 23 August brought together more than 100 education policymakers, school leaders, teachers and experts from China and Southeast Asia. Participants examined how AI and STEM education could support rural teachers.
WMO’s August update forecast further El Niño strengthening and a nearly 100% chance that it would persist through February 2027.
UNFCCC says about 1,500 people at an April climate week in Yeosu, South Korea, discussed turning plans into practical solutions.
Tanzania’s ten-year National Adaptation Plan sets out 36 programmes across 18 sectors, with implementation costs estimated at US$37 billion.
The United Nations verified 1,680 attacks on schools worldwide in 2025, according to a UNESCO statement published on 8 September. That was a 33% increase from the 1,265 attacks recorded in 2024.
