United Nations, 5 June 2024

Welcome to our live coverage of one of the most important speeches on climate change that António Guterres has made since becoming Secretary-General. We’re reporting live from the event in Manhattan, providing all the background information you need on the speech itself – and reaction to it inside the hall and around the world. 

UN Secretary-General’s special address on climate action

New York, World Environment Day, 5 June 2024: Follow UN News’s live blog from the American Museum of Natural History for a call out to action on the climate crisis by UN Secretary-General António Guterres.

Michael R. Bloomberg, the UN chief’s Special Envoy for climate ambition and solutions, and museum president Sean Decatur will be there alongside an audience of influencers, change makers and climate action supporters, gathering under the iconic blue whale in the Hall of Ocean Life at 10am followed by a Q&A with the UN chief, moderated by international broadcast journalist Femi Oke. We’ll take you right there for a front-row look.

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Live blogging by Eileen Travers. Produced by Steve De Caul, Victor Evans-Harvey, Alban Mendes de Leon and Matt Wells.