Advancing sustainability solutions to climate challenges faced by hot and arid countries, the Earthna Summit 2025 will explore resilience to water scarcity, harnessing AI for smarter governance, and how the tradition-technology nexus can address food insecurity, among other issues.

The nearly USD 700 million Work Program approved focuses heavily on chemicals and waste at a time when the GEF hopes to prove to the multilateral community it has the capacity to serve as the financial mechanism for a global plastics treaty and that it could play a significant role in realizing the vision of the Global Framework on Chemicals.

Participants discussed plans to implement the first ever UN System-wide Strategy on Water and Sanitation as well as preparations for the 2026 UN Water Conference.

After working 30 hours overtime, IPCC Member Countries agreed on the outlines of the three Working Group reports and agreed on a decision that enables the author nomination process for the Seventh Assessment Report to begin. There was still no agreement on the timeline for the reports’ delivery.