© PBF/Marie Doucey/2019. In Niger, conflicts were reduced by empowering women and youth as peacebuilders in the conflict-prone regions.

Conflicts and insecurity remain ‘major bottlenecks’ to achieving UN global goals

5 December 2022 - Amidst multiple conflicts that have disrupted supply chains, fuelled food insecurity, and contributed to the rising risk of famine...

UN Photo/Manuel Elías. Sustainable Development Goal Blocks at UN Headquarters in New York.

Nearly $600 million of investments pitched to accelerate progress towards the SDGs

2 December 2022 - Senior representatives from governments, the private sector and the international trade and development community...

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Energy crisis poses threat to Europe’s industrial sector

2 December 2022 - Europe is facing a difficult and uncertain economic outlook. Governments, households, and firms are grappling with an energy and cost-of-living crisis...

Innovating for an accessible and equitable world

2 December 2022 - “Together, we have the tools to tackle the root causes of systemic marginalization of persons with disabilities in every corner of the world.

Photo credit: FAO/Luis Tato. Women are collecting harvest.

Leveraging private capital to achieve the global goals

1 December 2022 - Malawi, a beautiful and tranquil country located in Sub-Saharan Africa, is one of the world’s Least Developed Countries (LDCs).

© UNICEF/Shehzad Noorani. Children use their tablet in a village in Eastern Sudan.

With 2.7 billion people still left offline, UN Forum to find solutions for creating a human-centred and resilient digital future

29 November 2022 - For a staggering 2.7 billion people, many of them living in developing and least developed countries...

UN Photo / JC McIlwaine

Staying connected in a rapidly changing world

25 November 2022 - Browsing for work, school or to access government or health care services; for many, Internet access may be easily available in our daily lives. 

© UNICEF/Adzape Children use toilet facilities at a school in Nigeria.

UN’s game plan for sanitation for all

17 November - Ahead of World Toilet Day on 19 November, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is launching a new game plan to help governments achieve safely managed sanitation for their populations...

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World Toilet Day 2022: Making the invisible visible

18 November 2022 - Groundwater is invisible, but its impact is visible everywhere. This World Toilet Day is all about making the invisible visible and taking action to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 6 on water and sanitation for all. 

UN Photo/Loey Felipe

As the world’s population hits 8 billion people, UN calls for solidarity in advancing sustainable development for all

15 November 2022 - The global population is projected to reach 8 billion...

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Economic downturn poses further risks for food security

11 November 2022 - Hunger is on the rise globally. The number of people affected by acute food insecurity nearly doubled in recent years...

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A hub of hope to heal a world in crisis

9 November 2022 - "This pavilion is a hub of hope,” said UN Secretary-General António Guterres, as he joined the SDG Pavilion at COP27 for its official inauguration...

World Bank/Arne Hoel. A young woman works on a computer in Tunisia

UN Big Data Hackathon calls for solutions to current global challenges

8 November 2022 - Close to 2,000 data scientists and statisticians from more than 70 counties will compete in the 2022 UN Big Data Hackathon...

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Big data and data science play a key role in addressing global challenges

7 November 2022 - The world faces many global challenges related to the environment, climate change, health, food insecurity...

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4 things you should know about UN DESA’s SDG Pavilion at COP27

4 November 2022 - Our world is on fire; drying up and flooding – all at the very same time. The climate crisis is a reality...