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An IMEO satellite alert to the Government of Argentina about a leak at an oil and gas facility led the responsible company to fix the leak and create a longer-term prevention plan, and UNEP satellite monitoring confirmed methane emissions at the site had stopped.
The Climate and Clean Air Coalition and UNEP Global Methane Assessment conclude that global methane emissions must be reduced by 40–45 percent by 2030 to achieve cost-effective pathways that limit global warming to 1.5°C.
For 25 years, the United Nations Foundation has built innovations and partnerships to support the United Nations and help solve global problems at scale.
The United Nations Foundation is an independent charitable organization created to work closely with the United Nations to address humanity’s greatest challenges and drive global progress.
GHGSat provides emissions data to NASA, the European Space Agency, and the United Nations.
Huawei and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) launched AIM Global in July to build a collaboration and knowledge-sharing platform for AI innovation and application in the industrial and manufacturing sectors.
In December 2021, the Chinese government filed a note verbale with the United Nations alleging two Starlink spacecraft passed close to China’s Tiangong space station and created a spaceflight safety hazard.
After World War II, Philip Pressel's family immigrated to New York as his father was hired by the United Nations as a translator.
United Nations General Assembly members voted in 2021 to convene an Open-Ended Working Group on "Reducing space threats through norms, rules and principles of responsible behaviours."
The United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Use of Outer Space (COPUOS) has over 100 signatories committed to the peaceful use of space.
The Netherlands and the United Nations initiated a collaborative effort to equip Europe’s national agencies with skills to oversee artificial intelligence.
Under the partnership, NABARD will host and maintain the DiCRA platform and use its key geospatial datasets for policymaking, research, and development activities with UNDP technical support.
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation received carbon credits for regenerative braking and a United Nations certification for reducing emissions.
The United Nations Security Council held its first meeting on artificial intelligence at U.N. headquarters in New York City on 2023-07-18.
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization estimates the annual economic value of illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing at $10–23 billion.
Portugal will host a conference in spring 2024 to develop proposals for consideration at the United Nations Summit of the Future.
The GEF work programme includes over US$137,000,000 for the UNDP-implemented Small Grants Programme.
UNDP’s support aims to unlock an additional US$9,000,000,000 in capital across 88 countries from the public sector, private sector, and development banks by de-risking policy and providing incentives.
In the UNDP-GEF Partnership, more than US$500,000,000 will be deployed across 88 countries, prioritizing Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States.
The U.N. General Assembly approved a resolution in December 2022 encouraging countries not to conduct destructive direct-ascent (DA) anti-satellite tests.