Development
Climate change at UNGA 81
Raised by 151 of 223 speakers. Read verbatim UN transcript quotes and select a time to hear the speech.
Speeches that raised climate change
Zambia · Day 5Mulambo Hamakuni HaimbeAnd trust means that when the world agrees on a goal, we must have the commitment to implement it.
The world is undergoing profound transformation.
Technology is changing economies and societies.
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Belize · Day 5John BriceñoBut let us be honest with one another.
Not one of us could fault the people we represent for questioning its delivery.
The world is on course to exceed the 1.5 degree threshold.
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Tajikistan · Day 5Sirojiddin MuhriddinIt needs development, opportunity, inclusion, and hope.
Excellencies, lasting peace requires sustainable development.
Yet, development remains deeply uneven.
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Jamaica · Day 5Kamina Johnson SmithMr. President, your theme for this session could hardly be more timely, because today, trust is in short supply.
Wars and conflicts are devastating communities and displacing millions.
Geopolitical tensions are deepening.
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Micronesia (Federated States of) · Day 5Aren PalikAt the same time, we recognize the continuing and growing challenges of climate change, ocean degradation, pollution, and growing inequality.
Mr. President and Excellencies, today's security landscape is not only by conflict, but by climate-driven fragility.
Extreme weather events, sea level rise, and resource degradation are eroding stability across vulnerable regions, especially the Pacific.
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San Marino · Day 5Luca BeccariToday, that principle is under extraordinary pressure.
81 years ago, the United Nations was created to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war.
Yet today, conflicts are multiplying, inequalities are deepening, climate disruption is accelerating, food and water are increasingly being used as an instrument of pressure, and the rules that have governed international relations for decades are being challenged.
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Cabo Verde · Day 5Francisco Avelino Vieira de CarvalhoExcellencies, for Cabo Verde and other small island states, The climate crisis is not a distant threat, it is a present reality.
Climate crisis is here.
The droughts, the desertification, water scarcity, ocean acidification, and the rising sea levels.
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Lao People’s Democratic Republic · Day 5Thongsavanh Phomvihanegeopolitical crisis and tension, microeconomic instability, supply chain disruption, and accelerating climate emergencies.
These headwinds place immense strain on the most vulnerable economies, where rising energy and food prices jeopardize the livelihood of millions of people in countries in special situation.
The ongoing conflicts in the Middle East demonstrate how rapidly confrontation can destabilize global stability.
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Philippines · Day 5Ma. Theresa LazaroBehind every metric is a human story.
Put a face to the climate emergency.
A single disaster can erase decades of hard-won progress.
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Saudi Arabia · Day 5Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al SaudEnsuring the stability of energy supplies, protecting critical infrastructure, diversifying supply routes, and safeguarding freedom of navigation are all a shared responsibility that require sustained international cooperation.
The Kingdom demonstrated this commitment in practice during the disruptions affecting maritime navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, maintaining the continuity of energy supplies through its long-term investments in infrastructure.
The East-West pipeline, together with its petroleum reserves outside the region, also contributed to mitigating the effects of those disruptions and enhancing the reliability of supplies to global markets.
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Iceland · Day 5Thorgerdur Katrín GunnarsdóttirConflicts, poverty, Poverty, drought, natural disasters, and the growing effects of climate change are pushing millions of people from their homes.
And just as needs are increasing, funding is falling.
With development, cooperation, and humanitarian assistance, we are investing in stability.
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Djibouti · Day 5Abdoulkader Houssein OmarRising sea levels pose a direct and growing threat to our populations and ecosystems.
Djibouti, like many developing countries, makes only a marginal contribution to global emissions, yet remains particularly exposed to the consequences of climate disruption.
This situation highlights a profound injustice.
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Sao Tome and Principe · Day 5Ilza Maria dos Santos Amado VazIt is on the basis of this experience that we reaffirm our confidence in dialogue, diplomacy, cooperation, and the peaceful settlement of disputes.
Mr. President, for small island developing states, geographic, economic, financial, and social vulnerabilities are compounded by the effects of climate change.
In Sao Tome and Principe, these impacts are already affecting our coastal areas, infrastructure, marine resources, and livelihoods, despite our negligible contribution to global emissions.
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Cameroon · Day 5Lejeune Mbella MbellaAnd with impotence, we watch the deterioration of international solidarity and multilateralism, as we see the appearance and strengthening of different blocks that are in confrontation when certain challenges antagonize their specific interests.
President, the time has come to return to the spirit and the very basics of the United Nations Charter.
At the same time, climate change is worsening and constitutes a concern at a planetary scale.
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China · Day 5Han ZhengChina supports the UN in reforming and improving itself.
It should advance the UN80 initiative and enhance the performance of its bodies, rather than merely cut its budgets and mandates.
It should effectively address global challenges, including climate change and public health security, improve and increase the representation and voice of the Global South.
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Cambodia · Day 5Sokhonn PrakWhile the world has thus far been spared another global war, Armed conflicts continue to inflict immense human suffering across many regions.
Concurrently, geopolitical rivalries, climate change, widening inequalities, rapid technological transformation, and transnational threat are placing growing strain on international peace, stability.
and cooperation.
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Cuba · Day 5Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez ParrillaMr. President, we reject the Monroe Doctrine as we repudiate any attempt for military intervention or domination in Latin America and the Caribbean, proclaimed as a zone of peace in 2014, where in Havana.
As a small island developing state, we stand in solidarity with our brothers and sisters who share similar circumstances.
and we warn against the worrying and inexorable advance of climate change.
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Brunei Darussalam · Day 5Prince 'Abdul MateenMr. President, rebuilding confidence does not mean returning to a world that no longer exists.
It means equipping ourselves to face the world that is emerging, from conflicts and climate change to sustainable development and emerging technologies.
The challenges before us are increasingly complex and interconnected.
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Singapore · Day 5Vivian BalakrishnanLet me at this point also pay tribute to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
He's a good man with the courage of his convictions, and he has ably steered this organization through some very difficult years of global division.
He has been a consistent voice for the Charter, for our climate and oceans, and for the rules that hold the global commons together.
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India · Day 5Subrahmanyam JaishankarThe deep solidarity of the Global South has always encouraged us to share what we have.
Therefore, we respond more actively to the requirements of our partners.
600 major Indian development projects in 78 nations testify to our commitment, a commitment that ranges from infrastructure, manufacturing, and agriculture to IT and to capacity building.
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Germany · Day 5Johann WadephulThird, we want to answer the great global questions of our time together.
No one here, not even the largest among us, can do this alone.
Together with all those who are willing to do so, we will continue our work to address human-made climate change and its devastating effects swiftly and effectively.
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Oman · Day 5Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood AlbusaidiWomen are an integral part of the sustainable development process and should not be viewed solely as a goal of development efforts.
We therefore allocated 11 permanent and elected seats for women in the Omani Shura Council.
In the environmental field, the Sultanate of Oman continues its efforts to implement its national strategy towards transition to a low carbon economy through a broad package of projects and initiatives in renewable energy and initiatives in transport, industry and sustainable cities to support national efforts to reach carbon neutrality by 2050.
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