Sustainability
FROM THE FIELD: Turning waste into a business in the slums of Yaoundé, Cameroon
The increasing volume and complexity of waste associated with modern economies is posing a serious risk to ecosystems and human...
Wednesday’s Daily Brief: World Breastfeeding Week kickoff, Second Ebola death on DR Congo’s eastern border, UN chief lauds climate activist Thunberg, Afghan bus attack, and outgoing UN agriculture chief hands over reigns
World Breastfeeding Week 2019 to spotlight importance of family-friendly policies World Breastfeeding Week is celebrated every year from 1 to...
Migration and the climate crisis: the UN’s search for solutions
Dina Ionesco is the head of the Migration, Environment and Climate Change Division at the UN International Organization for Migration...
UNICEF must triple budget to combat Ebola outbreak in DR Congo; complex crisis impacting unprecedented number of children
“This Ebola response is far more complex because it is in an active conflict zone,” Jerome Pfaffmann, a UNICEF health specialist, told reporters...
Monday’s Daily Brief: Children in armed conflict, Ebola in DR Congo, human rights in Bahrain, and two International Days
New UN report shows record numbers of children killed, maimed in conflict A new UN report has found that 2018...
Green Life Hacks with Chef Grace Ramirez
How do you live sustainably everyday? My days vary; I travel a lot so it’s hard for me to have...
Eliminating hepatitis calls for ‘bold political leadership, with investments to match,’ UN health chief says
A new study by WHO, published on Friday in Lancet Global Health, found that investing $6 billion per year in eliminating hepatitis in 67 low-...
DR Congo: efforts to control Ebola epidemic continue, UN food relief agency doubles assistance to affected people
One-year after the beginning of the complex outbreak in the volatile eastern part of the DRC – and ten days...
UN sees progress in fight against tobacco, warns more action needed to help people quit deadly product
With five billion people today – four times more people than a decade ago – living in countries that have introduced smoking...
New President of top UN economic and social body to push for development financing, fundamental freedoms ‘for all’
Having served as one of the four ECOSOC Vice-Presidents, Ms. Juul was elected by acclamation on Thursday morning. The Council...
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