Sustainability
UN Youth envoy launches coding competition to help solve climate crisis and ‘Reboot the Earth’
Jayathma Wickramanayake’s office describes the competition as a “global hackathon”, where teams of computer programmers, scientists and others, will try...
ActNow Climate Campaign – Chef Arthur Potts Dawson
Chef Arthur Potts Dawson talks about cooking sustainably in support of the UN's ActNow climate campaign. The post ActNow Climate...
ActNow Climate Campaign – Chef Katsuhiro Nakamura
Chef and Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) Goodwill Ambassador for Japan Katsuhiro Nakamura, talks about cooking sustainably in support of...
ActNow Climate Campaign – Chef Grace Ramirez
Chef Grace Ramirez talks about sustainability and green hacks in support of the UN's ActNow climate campaign. The post ActNow...
Monsoon rains turn millions of children’s lives ‘upside down’ across South Asia
"Millions of children have seen their lives turned upside down by the torrential rainfall, flooding and landslides," Jean Gough, UNICEF...
Zimbabwe: Droughts leave millions food insecure, UN food agency scales up assistance
Citing the Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee’s recently concluded Rural Livelihood Assessment, WFP Spokesperson Herve Verhoosel, said that the situation was likely to last from...
Don’t panic, support DR Congo in fight against deadly Ebola virus, UN health agency urges
Speaking in Geneva, spokesperson Dr. Margaret Harris noted that measles has already killed more people this year than the Ebola outbreak, which began last August. ...
Top UN sustainable development forum closes with galvanized effort toward ‘empowerment, inclusiveness and equality’
By “increasing awareness and galvanizing efforts towards empowerment, inclusiveness and equality”, the entire ECOSOC system has worked “to address gaps...
Friday’s Daily Brief: solidarity with Japan, call for DR Congo support, family-friendly workplaces, hottest June ever, Venezuela and Afghanistan updates
UN stands in solidarity with Japan following deadly arson attack at leading animation studio in Kyoto UN chief António Guterres said on Friday...
Increased community-based engagement seen as critical to build climate action and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
New York, 19 July—With reports indicating that current efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals are being undermined by climate...
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