Sustainability
UN civil society conference to focus on sustainable solutions for challenges of urban life
The conference, described by the UN as the Organization’s “premier event in the civil society calendar”, opened today and will...
Monday’s Daily Brief: UN chief talks climate action at G7, WFP official visits camp in Central African Republic, Deadly violence at Lesvos migrant centre, Security Council meets on AU-UN Darfur mission
UN chief calls for more concrete action in response to ‘climate emergency’ People all over the world are calling for a shift...
Press Briefing 27 August: UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on the 2019 Climate Action Summit
New York, 26 August— The United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the 2019 Climate Action Summit, Luis Alfonso de Alba, will...
Friday’s Daily Brief: Education in Africa, Sudan flash-floods, WHO on Ebola, spike in South Sudan violence, Rwanda, Uganda move to normalize relations
School closures triple in Central and Western Africa as education comes under fire A surge in “deliberate” attacks against students,...
ActNow Climate Campaign – Chef Jonas Astrup
ActNow Climate Campaign – Chef Jonas Astrup Chef Jonas Astrup from Denmark supports the ActNow campaign’s food challenge and provides...
A recap of Thursday’s top stories: International Day honours victims of religious-based violence, UN experts on Kashmir, environmental disasters in Asia-Pacific, animal protections, and UN chief on Burkina Faso
Honouring victims of religious-based violence In his message for the first-ever International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence...
FROM THE FIELD: Argentina Preserving Pristine Forests
Forests are vitally important for sustaining life on Earth, and play a major role in the fight against climate change....
Microplastic pollution is everywhere, but not necessarily a risk to human health
In its first summary of the latest research into the impact of the tiny plastic pollutants on humans, the World...
‘Invisible’ crisis of water quality threatens human and environmental well-being: World Bank report
Smoke on the water In some regions, rivers and lakes are so polluted that they are literally catching fire. Prime...
Negotiating legally-binding agreement to provide future generations with a ‘healthy, resilient and productive ocean’
On Monday, the Intergovernmental Conference on an international legally binding instrument kicked off its third of four rounds of UN...
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