For information only – not an official document
UNIS/SGSM/1490
17 April 2025
Mother Earth is running a fever.
Last year was the hottest ever recorded:
The final blow in a decade of record heat.
We know what’s causing this sickness: the greenhouse gas emissions humanity is pumping into the atmosphere – overwhelmingly from burning fossil fuels.
We know the symptoms: devastating wildfires, floods and heat. Lives lost and livelihoods shattered.
And we know the cure: rapidly reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and turbocharging adaptation, to protect ourselves – and nature – from climate disasters.
Getting on the road to recovery is a win-win.
Renewable power is cheaper, healthier, and more secure than fossil fuel alternatives.
And action on adaptation is critical to creating robust economies and safer communities, now and in the future.
This year is critical.
All countries must create new national climate action plans that align with limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius – essential to avoid the worst of climate catastrophe.
This is a vital chance to seize the benefits of clean power. I urge all countries to take it, with the G20 leading the way.
We also need action to tackle pollution, slam the brakes on biodiversity loss, and deliver the finance countries need to protect our planet.
Together, let’s get to work and make 2025 the year we restore good health to Mother Earth.
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"In a world plagued by conflict and division, World Press Freedom Day highlights a fundamental truth: Freedom for people depends on freedom of the press." — António Guterres
The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and Singapore’s national space office, the Office for Space Technology & Industry of Singapore (OSTIn), have agreed to collaborate under the "Space Law for New Space Actors" project.
Brazil signed the United Nations Convention on the International Effects of Judicial Sales of Ships (the "Beijing Convention on the Judicial Sale of Ships") at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on 17 April 2025.
"Together, let's get to work and make 2025 the year we restore good health to Mother Earth." — António Guterres
