Resources
The Quaker United Nations Office conducts in-depth research and analysis on a range of topics relating to our core areas of focus and in conjunction with various partners. Search this archive or filter by topic to access our publications, including research papers, annual reports, significant statements of our positions, and more.
A Government Official’s Toolkit: Inspiring Urgent, Healthy, and Equitable Climate Action – 2024 Edition
The Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) in Geneva published an updated version ‘A Government Official’s Toolkit: Inspiring Urgent, Healthy, and Equitable...
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Climate Change: What We Can Do – 2024 Edition
The Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) in Geneva published a 'Climate Change: What We Can Do" (previously known as ‘How to...
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QUNO COP28 Resources and Analysis
QUNO's Human Impacts of Climate Change Programme attended the 28th Conference of Parties (COP28) in Dubai in November and December...
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QUNO’s Submission to the Article 6.4 Supervisory Body
QUNO, on behalf of the Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC), offered this submission in response to a call for input...
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New Climate Publication – A Government Official’s Toolkit
QUNO has just published the most recent version of A Government Official’s Toolkit: Inspiring Urgent, Real, and Equitable climate action....
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Audience reflections from “Truthful engagement in real, effective and ethical climate action for an ambitious Global Stocktake” side event at SB58
QUNO’s team at the recent United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations (SB58) in Bonn (June 5 –...
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Fair Sources of Finance for a New Loss and Damage Funding Arrangement
Last November, States that took part in COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh agreed to pass a new funding arrangement for responding...
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QUNO Two-Sider: International Environmental Law
International environmental law is central to climate action. For example, the 2015 Paris Agreement, is a universal climate change agreement...
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QUNO Two-Sider: Inspiring Actions to Create New Laws on Climate Change
The climate negotiations under the UNFCCC are the main form of international climate action. Yet, there are many international and...
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QUNO Briefing Paper for the Climate Negotiations under the UNFCCC: The Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform
Quakers support Indigenous peoples’ rights, based on our commitment to peace and justice. We recognise the historical and ongoing injustice...
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QUNO Two-Sider: Climate Change & People on the Move
The impacts of climate change are shaping some of the oldest human practices: moving and creating places where we feel...
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The “Implementation COP” in a growing climate of accountability: A COP27 Reflection
Human Impacts of Climate Change Representative, Lindsey Fielder Cook reflects on the outcomes of COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh.
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COP27 QUNO Statement to the Global Stocktake Technical Dialogue on the Importance of Holistic and Integrated Approaches to International Climate Cooperation
ON 10 November 2022, QUNO Human Impacts of Climate Change representative, Lindsey Fielder Cook, spoke on an expert panel to...
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What Does Arctic Science Say About Climate Justice?
As part of the COP27 side event on climate justice in the Arctic co-hosted by QUNO, the Inuit Circumpolar Conference,...
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Geneva Reporter September 2022
QUNO's September 2022 issue of the Geneva Reporter newsletter is available below. This issue includes a welcome letter from our Director Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge...
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FWCC/QUNO Submission to the Katowice Committee of Experts
FWCC/QUNO submitted in September 2022 a report to the Katowice Committee of Experts on the Impacts of the Implementation of...
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QUNO’s Interventions at IPCC 55th Session – Impacts , Adaptation, and Vulnerability
The Quaker United Nations Office in Geneva, under the Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC), is the only accredited faith-based...
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QUNO joins submission to the Katowice Committee of Experts on the Impacts of the Implementation of Response Measures
The Human Impacts of Climate Change programme jointly made a submission to the UNFCCC’s Katowice Committee of Experts on the...
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