Development
Energy at UNGA 81
Raised by 83 of 223 speakers. Read verbatim UN transcript quotes and select a time to hear the speech.
Speeches that raised energy
Marshall Islands · Day 4Hilda HeineOur focus now must be on preventing or minimizing the overshoot.
shortening the time we spend above 1.5, and doing everything possible to fight our way back.
As we gather in Tuvalu, Fiji, and Turkey for this year's climate pre-COP and COP, our response to the threat of overshoot must be overwhelming.
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Azerbaijan · Day 4Jeyhun Aziz oglu BayramovAzerbaijan provides strategically important oil products to Armenia on a regular basis, despite increased volatility in markets and growing international demand for these commodities.
As we proceed with the peace agenda initiated by Azerbaijan, our entire region is now turning into a promising anchor of stability, connectivity, and tangible economic dividends.
To make this process irreversible, it is of crucial importance to eliminate the remaining obstacle which will allow finalization of the normalization process through the signing of the already initialed bilateral agreement.
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Iraq · Day 4Ali Falih Al-ZaidiOn this basis, we have developed the appropriate roadmap to support the private sector, provide the necessary legal, tax, and customs facilities and guarantees for the growth of business and foreign trade, and build effective partnerships with the global market to accelerate achieving sustainable development.
In the field of global energy, Iraq's influence is prominent as our government is adopting an ambitious program to increase the production of crude oil, in a manner consistent with the size of our proven reserves.
Our government is also working to develop gas fields and expand refining capacities and our capacities to produce derivatives.
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North Macedonia · Day 4Hristijan MickoskiMr. President, Mr. Secretary General, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, a child who will sit at a school desk for the first time this autumn will, in 2040, be a young person just entering adulthood.
We do not know exactly what the world in which that young person will live will look like, but we already know that it will be different from our own.
Artificial intelligence will transform professions, industries, and the ways in which decisions are made.
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Niger · Day 4Lamine Zeine Ali MahamanIn a covetousness.
For the significant resources that God has placed in our land.
Niger's uranium, Mali and Burkina Faso's gold, lithium, gas, oil.
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Lesotho · Day 4Samuel Ntsokoane MatekaneTo cope with these climate-related challenges, we call upon developed countries to honor their commitments by providing new, adequate, predictable, and accessible climate finance.
Further, we urge developed countries to transfer environmentally sound technology and to strengthen capacity of developing countries to effectively mitigate and adapt to the adverse effects of climate change.
Climate justice demands nothing less.
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Tuvalu · Day 4Feleti TeoTuvalu acknowledges the efforts of the international community to address the climate crisis, but the pace and scale of global actions remain insufficient.
With a temporary overshoot of the 1.5 degree Celsius target now inevitable, a fast, fair, just and orderly transition away from fossil fuel is even more urgent and require serious attention.
Although the science may be clear that methane mitigation is the only scalable near-term solution capable of rapidly slowing global temperature rise and buying time for long-term CO2 decarbonization strategies to take effect, Tuvalu will insist that CO2 mitigation must also remain a top priority, and that both methane mitigation and CO2 mitigation should be vigorously pursued simultaneously.
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Solomon Islands · Day 4Matthew Cooper WaleAnd we are pursuing constitutional amendments to strengthen and stabilize our democracy.
This is the agenda by which our people will judge my government.
Mr. President, over the past year, the international community has faced many challenges.
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Tonga · Day 4Lord FakafanuaClimate inaction is not an option.
Tonga is accelerating its transition away from fossil fuels and expanding renewable energy, and we encourage the shift to electric vehicles.
For us, decarbonizing also means greater energy security and protection from global fuel price shocks.
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Samoa · Day 4Mulipola Anarosa Ale MoliooSamoa supports the incorporation of states contingent clauses in debt instruments, allowing for suspension during crisis.
Excellencies, energy is both a driver and accelerator for Samoa's sustainable development ambition.
Energy security has become a defining issue for many small island nations.
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Saint Kitts and Nevis · Day 4Geoffrey HanleyThis is transformation.
On the island of Nevis, we are advancing a 30 megawatt geothermal power development with drilling expected by early 2027 and Icelandic drillers contracted to begin the process.
In Saint Kitts, Plans for a 50 megawatt solar PV and battery storage project are well advanced.
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Kiribati · Day 4Taneti Maamauto continue building a wealthy, healthy, and peaceful Kiribati, where our people can live with dignity, in peace, and with opportunities.
Renewable energy is increasingly important to Kiribati's development and energy access.
We therefore see greater investment in renewable energy as an important opportunity.
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Maldives · Day 4Hussain Mohamed LatheefWe are pursuing that goal by raising productivity, diversifying our economy, building resilient infrastructure, expanding renewable energy, and investing in our people.
Our future will be built by Maldivians.
But the international system can widen or narrow our choices.
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Bahrain · Day 4Abdullatif bin Rashid Al ZayaniWe welcome the establishment of the Multinational Maritime Defence Alliance led by the brotherly Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The Kingdom is proud to participate in the alliance as a founding member in support of efforts to safeguard international trade routes and global energy supplies in accordance with international law.
As efforts continue in the Security Council, this General Assembly has an equally important role to play as the forum in which all States stand equal.
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Mexico · Day 4Roberto Velasco ÁlvarezThis effort continues with a national social policy.
In 2026, the well-being programs of our countries reached 42.8 million people.
In addition to this, we have sustained investment in infrastructure, healthcare, trains, highways, schools, and water infrastructure.
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