The ActNow campaign aims to trigger individual action on the defining issue of our time. People around the world have joined to make a difference in all facets of their lives, from the food they eat to the clothes they wear.
Forests and Livelihoods: Sustaining People and Planet
We celebrate World Wildlife Day in 2021 under the theme "Forests and Livelihoods: Sustaining People and Planet" as a way to highlight the central role of forests. Forest species and ecosystems contribute to sustaining the livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people globally, and particularly of Indigenous and local communities with historic ties to forested and forest-adjacent areas. This aligns with the UN Sustainable Development Goals and their wide-ranging commitments to alleviating poverty, ensuring sustainable use of resources, and conserving life on land.
Protect forests for ‘people, planet and prosperity’, Guterres urges on World Wildlife Day
3 March 2021 — Under increasing threat from the unsustainable use of forest resources and wildlife trafficking, the UN chief called on Wednesday for people and governments everywhere to step up...
Secretary-General urges countries to end ‘deadly addiction’ to coal
2 March 2021 — The world still has a “fighting chance” to limit global warming by ending dependence on coal, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told representatives from governments, local...
Reflect nature’s ‘true value’ in economic policies and decisions, UN chief urges
2 March 2021 — Nations must start weighing up the cost of economic profit against damage to the environment if they are to have a chance at a sustainable future, UN Secretary-General António...