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 #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.
Save lives, support development, and ‘steer our world to safer roads ahead’: Guterres
Road traffic accidents claim nearly 1.3 million lives each year, cost some countries up to three per cent of their annual GDP, and are the biggest killer of five to 29-year olds globally, the UN General Assembly President told a High-level Meeting on Improving Global Road Safety on Thursday.
Save lives, support development, and ‘steer our world to safer roads ahead’: Guterres
Road traffic accidents claim nearly 1.3 million lives each year, cost some countries up to three per cent of their annual GDP, and are the biggest killer of five to 29-year olds globally, the UN General Assembly President told a High-level Meeting on Improving Global Road Safety on Thursday.
Safer roads, a global development challenge for all: Senior UN official
Every 24 seconds someone is killed in traffic, making safety [...]
Global transport at a crossroads: UN Conference to advance action on zero emission vehicles, boost economy and reduce inequalities
Global transport at a crossroads: UN Conference to advance action [...]
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.
Sustainable Transport Conference calls for vastly accelerated action to achieve net zero emissions and build a green, inclusive and equitable future
PRESS RELEASE Sustainable Transport Conference calls for vastly accelerated [...]
Can we make transport safe and sustainable? An interview with motorsport chief, Jean Todt
Many developed countries have announced plans to ensure that fossil-fuel [...]