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
Vanuatu · Day 6Odo TeviFor us, security also means food security, energy security, water security, health security, economic security, cybersecurity, environmental security, and the security of our people from the impacts of climate change.
Sea level rise also raises fundamental questions on sovereignty, identity, and security.
Vanuatu joins its Pacific colleagues in affirming the continuity of statehood and the preservation of maritime zone and sovereign rights in the face of sea level rise.
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Antigua and Barbuda · Day 6Walton Alfonso WebsonClimate change is not waiting for the future.
Whether confronted by climate change, challenging inequalities, or calling for reform, the international financial system, he was a fearless and principled advocate.
Deep geopolitical divisions will exist, financial constraints, the climate emergency, and declining trust will test our organization's capacity to respond.
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Malawi · Day 6George Chapatula ChapondaThe current international financial architecture forces developing nations to choose between servicing predatory debts and investing in health, education, and climate resilience.
The second opportunity is strengthening climate action resilience.
Mr. President, Malawi contributes negligibly to global greenhouse gas emissions, yet we remain on the front line of the climate crisis.
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Grenada · Day 6Ingrid JacksonThis requires Greater international cooperation in climate adaptation, disaster preparedness, resilient infrastructure, and accessible financing.
Small island developing states should not be viewed simply as victims of climate change.
Climate action remains one of the areas in which collective effort can make a profound difference.
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Sri Lanka · Day 6Vijitha HerathThe erosion of trust is reflected in unresolved conflicts, humanitarian crises that outpace available resources, increasingly frequent climate disasters, widening inequalities, and technological advances that are moving faster than governance.
Despite conflicts in several parts of the world, including in West Asia, and climate calamities, including the cyclone that struck Sri Lanka, my country has restored macroeconomic stability following the economic crisis of 2022.
These tragic events demonstrate the enormous human and economic cost of climate change.
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Benin · Day 6Marc Hermanne Gninadoou Arabaworsening inequality, debt levels which are reducing the room for maneuver available to many states, as well as climate upheaval, which is hitting the most vulnerable the hardest.
They must accelerate their development and at the same time fund their energy transition as well as adapt to climate change, on top of investing in health, education, the digital sphere, and meeting growing social needs.
Mr. President, The climate issue is an excellent illustration of this demand for justice.
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President of the General Assembly (closing) · Day 6Dr. Khalilur RahmanThose speaking most urgently about development were often the countries facing the heaviest debt burdens, the narrowest fiscal space, the greatest climate vulnerability, and the least voice in the institutions that shape the global economy.
Climate disasters are erasing hard-earned development gains and deepening inequality.
For small island developing states, low-lying coastal countries, least developed countries, and climate-vulnerable nations, adaptation and resilience are not optional expenditures.
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New Zealand · Day 6Victoria Louise HallumNatural disasters and the growing impacts of our changing climate are becoming more severe and more visible.
President, as Pacific Island Forum leaders recently reaffirmed in Palau, Climate change remains the single greatest threat to the livelihoods, security, and wellbeing of Pacific peoples.
The political declaration on sea level rise endorsed this week is a potent demonstration of the UN's ability to address contemporary challenges affecting its members.
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Turkmenistan · Day 6Vepa HajiyevRising conflict potential, the erosion of trust, economic instability, climate risk, and the rapid development of new technologies are becoming increasingly intertwined, directly affecting the security and well-being of peoples.
Excellencies, distinguished delegates, environmental, security, Climate change and the sustainable use of energy resources are integral components of common security.
In this area, Turkmenistan will continue to promote multilateral dialogue by proposing the establishment of the Ashgabat Climate Dialogue, an open multilateral platform for regular political and expert engagement, the advancement of practical climate initiatives, and the strengthening of international relationships.
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South Sudan · Day 6Cecilia Adout Majok AdengMr. President, South Sudan continues to face severe consequences from climate shocks, despite contributing minimally to global emission.
South Sudan, therefore, reiterates its call for predictable and accessible climate financing, investment in adaptation, resilient infrastructure, renewable energy, agriculture, and technology transfer.
Climate justice must reflect not only in commitments, but in the implementation.
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Denmark · Day 6Christina Markus LassenExtreme weather and climate-related disasters are hitting record highs.
Because no single country can manage climate change, global health threats, or the governance of emerging technologies on its own.
The climate crisis makes the point starkly.
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Congo · Day 6Constant Serge BoundaThe ambitions of our development at the Republic of the Congo and many other African countries are impeded by the burden of debt, inequalities in the international financial system, and the consequences of climate change.
This exceptional ecosystem contains immense biodiversity and plays a crucial role in regulating the global climate.
The Congo Basin is one of Africa's principal contributions to the fight against climate change.
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Burkina Faso · Day 6Karamoko Jean Marie TraoréOn the development file, the Confederation remains concerned over the aggravation of climate vulnerabilities, the multiplication of humanitarian crises, the malicious use of technology and ICTs for manipulation and destabilization.
Our priorities must be clearly defined, reducing the digital gap, strengthening climate resilience, investing in human capital, consolidating and strengthening educational health systems, supporting industrialization, ensuring the effective participation of youth and women in decision making.
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Democratic People’s Republic of Korea · Day 6Kim Son GyongThe effects of disaster-prone abnormal climate gave rise to a succession of extreme high temperature, droughts, heavy rains and floods in many countries and regions, seriously threatening the survival of mankind.
The international community came to realize once again that climate change is a pressing issue that calls for joint action.
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Mali · Day 6Abdoulaye DiopRather, it seeks to make Africa into a credible and indispensable partner for global stability and prosperity.
Climate change and desertification for Mali and the Sahel remain a major source of economic, social, environmental vulnerability.
They affect agriculture and livelihoods.
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- Philippines · Day 6
Mr. President, developments 10 years after the award demonstrate its continuing relevance of complying and respecting the award.
The award also affirmed the traditional fishing rights of Filipino fishermen at the shoal.
Here is a clear case where environmental protection cannot be invoked as a basis for measures inconsistent with these rights and with the applicable rules of international law.
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