At Stockholm road safety summit, UN officials join global call to end ‘scourge’ of preventable deaths
Road traffic accidents take some 1.35 million lives every year [...]
UN calls for action to tackle ‘ubiquitous but invisible’ global road safety crisis
Saving lives by improving road safety is “one of the [...]
Monday’s Daily Brief: biodiversity and forests, labour and road safety, women’s rights, and fallen UN staff remembered
This Monday, we cover: how one million species face extinction; [...]
UN launches initiative to improve road safety worldwide
With some 1.3 million drivers, passengers and pedestrians dying each year on the world’s roads, the United Nations took a major step to address this tragedy by launching on Thursday a trust fund to spur action that could save lives and prevent the loss of opportunity associated with road accidents.
UN launches #SaveKidsLives campaign to boost road safety for children
Each day some 500 children die from road traffic crashes, thousands more are injured and the situation is only getting worse, the United Nations warned today as it launched #SaveKidsLives, a global campaign to generate action to make streets safe for children.
Broad coalition calls for refugees’ energy needs to be met
The assembled organizations agreed that access to clean and sustainable energy can transform broken lives, create empowering opportunities and bridge the humanitarian-development divide.
On International Walk to School Day, UN envoy urges action to make roads safe for children
Marking International Walk to School Day, Jean Todt, the United Nations Special Envoy for Road Safety, has is calling for urgent action to halt road deaths and traffic accidents, which, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), kill some 500 children a day.
Goal of the Month | January 2020
With just 10 years to go, an ambitious global [...]
Goal of the Month | Exclusive Interview With Michelle Yeoh, UNDP Goodwill Ambassador
10,000 litres of water are required to make a single pair of jeans. UNDP Goodwill Ambassador Michelle Yeoh gives us tips on how we can adopt sustainable fashion in our daily lives.
Transport pivotal to Asia and the Pacific’s sustainability
Further deepening Asian transport connectivity requires that we ensure that regional connectivity is seamless.