Sustainability
Media registration for IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land
2019/17/MA IPCC MEDIA ADVISORY 20 June 2019 GENEVA, June 20 – The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will consider...
First-ever WHO global report on epilepsy highlights care gap in poorer countries
According to the first global report on epilepsy from the UN World Health Organization (WHO), this treatment gap exists even...
UN recognizes public institution-led initiatives in 11 countries that are advancing Sustainable Development Goals
Baku, Azerbaijan, 21 June –From managing invasive species to helping to provide waste collectors with decent work, the UN today...
Thursday’s Daily Brief: World Refugee Day, Middle East peace marred, Epilepsy report, Cities #WithRefugees initiative and Ebola-response funding gap in DR Congo
Fill teacher training gaps to tackle trauma, psychosocial challenges, urges UN cultural agency on World Refugee Day On World Refugee...
It is everybody’s business to put degraded lands back to life, UN says
The following is a joint press release from the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification. Ankara, 17 June 2019 –...
Growing at a slower pace, world population is expected to reach 9.7 billion in 2050 and could peak at nearly 11 billion around 2100: UN Report
PRESS RELEASE Growth rates vary across regions and more countries are experiencing population decline New York, 17 June –The world’s...
Billions globally lack ‘water, sanitation and hygiene’, new UN report spells out
“Mere access is not enough” said UNICEF’s Kelly Ann Naylor, Associate Director of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH). “If the...
UN health agency steps up fight against ‘invisible pandemic’ of antimicrobial resistance
The AWaRe portal divides antibiotics into three groups – Access, Watch and Reserve – and explains which antibiotics should be...
9.7 billion on Earth by 2050, but growth rate slowing, says new UN population report
“The World Population Prospects 2019: Highlights”, estimates that the next 30 years will see the global population add an extra...
UN oceans treaty ‘essential’ to combat ‘unprecedented pressure’ on the world’s seas – UN chief
“In the past four decades, plastic pollution in the sea has increased ten-fold”, he told the meeting. A third of...
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