Sustainability
FROM THE FIELD: ‘Race is on’ to halt biodiversity loss in Indonesia
A hard-hitting report into the impact of humans on nature shows that nearly one million species risk becoming extinct within...
End ‘shame, isolation and segregation’ of fistula sufferers, urges UN reproductive health chief
Marking the International Day on 23 May to end the almost entirely preventable condition, the head of the UN’s sexual...
DR Congo: ‘No time to lose’ says newly appointed UN Ebola response coordinator
Amidst a surge in new cases, the epidemic has claimed more than 1,200 lives and threatens to spread to other...
Paradise islands of Pacific increasingly vulnerable to climate change, as UN boosts resilience
Simona Marinescu is the UN Resident Coordinator for the 28 islands that make up Samoa, Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau....
I wanted to contribute to protecting the world’s most vulnerable
By Lea Angela Biason and Claire ErringtonPhyllis Osei, UN Police advisor, speaks during the Women Peace Forum held in Kismaayo,...
Preserving biodiversity vital to reverse tide of climate change, UN stresses on International Day
Biodiversity in plant and animal life in the world – in terms of species, habitats and genetics – leads to ecosystems that are healthier, more...
UN chief praises New Zealand premier’s ‘admirable’ response to Christchurch attacks
Mr. Guterres pointed out that he normally pays a “solidarity visit” to a Muslim country during Ramadan but, this year,...
On World Bee day, human activity blamed for falling pollinator numbers
The problem is, pollinators are under threat, and their numbers are falling because of human impact. We are likely losing...
FROM THE FIELD: Saving the tree kangaroos of Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea's rare cloud forests are a high elevation rainforest characterised by low-level cloud cover (14 June 2011) by Ryan Hawk/Woodland...
Promoting ‘a healthy sustainable future’, the UN health agency engages young and young at heart to ‘Walk the Talk’
In the lead up to Monday’s 72nd annual World Health Assembly (WHA), the World Health Organization (WHO) gathered people of...
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