Sustainability
COP14 reaches major breakthroughs – United Nations Sustainable Development
New Delhi, 13 September 2019 – The global community has long recognized that land degradation/desertification is a major economic, social and...
Around 12 million children may never see a classroom, UN data reveals
“According to our projections, nine million girls of primary school age will never start school or set foot in a...
UN ‘prioritizing needs’, ramping up aid, as Hurricane Dorian continues to batter the Bahamas
Briefing journalists in Geneva, Jens Laerke from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that initial...
Wednesday’s Daily Brief: ‘Appalling’ conditions in Syria camp, precarious SDG progress, South Sudan, Palestine refugees and mining in Mongolia
UN report on Syria conflict highlights inhumane detention of women and children As the people of north-west Syria face intensifying...
South-South Cooperation ‘accelerates’ us toward 2030 goals, UN Chief says on International Day
This year’s United Nations Day dedicated to the initiative, annually observed on 12 September, is particularly significant, as it follows...
UNcomplicating the UN: a new podcast is born over coffee in New York
Here’s how it went down: Jason: "What do you do at the UN?" Sinduja: Speaks for 20 minutes straight, excitedly,...
Climate crisis could see ‘collapse’ of some economies without diversification, warns UN trade chief
The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)’s Commodities and Development Report 2019, maintains that diversification could be either “horizontal”, meaning venturing...
UN health agency spotlights stalled effort to close health divide across Europe, in new report
In the first-ever report of its kind, The Health Equity Status Report, authors share that in many of the 53 countries in...
Scientists call for urgent, targeted action to avoid reversing the development gains of recent decades
PRESS RELEASE New relationship between people and nature is needed as climate change and biodiversity loss threaten progress New...
SDG progress ‘in danger’ of going backwards without change in direction, new UN report reveals
The UN report will be at the centre of discussions during the UN summit on the SDGs later this month. Worsening inequalities...
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