Yearly Archives: 2015

Ahead of UN conference, Reykjavik and businesses sign declaration on climate change

Ahead of the UN climate change conference starting on 30 November, a declaration on climate issues has been signed in Iceland by the city of Reykjavik and more than one hundred businesses and institutions, all pledging to take active measures to cut global warming by reducing emissions of greenhouse gases and cut waste.

Ban establishes eminent panel to help broaden access to quality medicines at affordable costs

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced the establishment of 15-member High-Level Panel on health technology innovation and access, in an effort to escalate investments in research and development for diseases where financial returns are not guaranteed.

2018-04-22T12:03:22-04:0020 Nov 2015|Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 3: Good Health, News|

Indigenous peoples’ voices must be heard at Paris climate change conference, UN agency says

Indigenous peoples own, occupy or manage up to 65 per cent of the Earth’s land surface, yet they have largely been excluded from national plans prepared for next month’s United Nations climate change conference in Paris, according to the UN Development Programme (UNDP), which is working to address the issue.

2018-04-22T12:03:24-04:0019 Nov 2015|Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 13: Climate Action, News|

Special UN event stresses key role of water management in tackling challenges of climate change

The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hosted a meeting on the links between water management and disaster risk reduction today, stressing that floods, droughts and cyclones have caused more than $1 trillion in damages and affected over 4 billion people since 1990.

2018-04-22T12:03:25-04:0018 Nov 2015|Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 6: Water and Sanitation, News|

UN-backed conference adopts measures to tackle threats to migratory waterbirds

With many of the world's migratory waterbirds under heightened threat due to human activities and climate change, a United Nations Environment Programme-supported conference has adopted action plans to tackle various dangers those vulnerable species face and provide guidance on their sustainable use.

2018-04-22T12:03:26-04:0018 Nov 2015|Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land, News|

New global arena needed to confront water challenges, UN board says

The supreme importance of water and sanitation to development and well-being merits creation of a powerful new global arena inside the UN, dedicated to resolving water conflicts and common challenges while tracking progress against the world’s newly-agreed development goals.

2018-04-22T12:03:27-04:0018 Nov 2015|Goal 6: Water and Sanitation, News|

UN calls on countries to protect health from impacts of climate change

With the United Nations climate conference (COP21) starting in Paris in less than two weeks away, the World Health Organization (WHO) today underlined that climate change is already causing tens of thousands of deaths every year, and called on countries to take strong actions to address the issue.

Widespread misunderstanding about antibiotic resistance threatens public health, WHO says

A recent multi-country survey revealed that people are confused about the rising threat of antibiotic resistance to public health and are unclear about how to prevent it from growing, World Health Organization (WHO) said today at the launch of a global campaign at the initiation of the first World Antibiotic Awareness Week.

2018-04-22T12:03:28-04:0016 Nov 2015|Goal 3: Good Health, News|

10th Internet Governance Forum enhances the linkages between the Internet and sustainable development

The 2015 Internet Governance Forum (IGF) succeeded in giving some 4,000 online participants, from 116 developed and developing countries, the opportunity to engage directly with 2,400 on-site attendees in output-oriented debates that addressed the challenges, as well as opportunities for the future of the internet.

2018-04-22T12:03:29-04:0016 Nov 2015|Goal 9: industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, News|

Secretary-General calls on countries to keep development assistance commitments

With the world facing the largest crisis of forced displacement since the Second World War, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on the international community to meet this immense challenge without lessening its commitment to vitally needed official development assistance.

2015-11-11T18:16:02-05:0011 Nov 2015|News, Secretary-General, Sustainable Development Agenda|

Millions of children’s lives at stake as El Niño strengthens, UNICEF ‘wake-up call’ report warns

As a result of a strengthening El Niño, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is warning that an estimated 11 million children are at risk from hunger, disease and lack of water in eastern and southern Africa alone, as the weather phenomenon has left droughts and floods in its wake throughout parts of Asia, the Pacific and Latin America.

Sustainable development at center of 10th Internet Governance Forum

Approximately 5,000 people, including high-level government officials, civil society leaders and internet policy experts, will gather both - in-person and online - at the 10th Annual meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in João Pessoa, Brazil (10 to 13 November) to discuss the crucial role the internet must play in the successful implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Immediate push on climate-smart development can keep more than 100 million people out of poverty

Climate change is already preventing people from escaping poverty, and without rapid, inclusive and climate-smart development, together with emissions-reductions efforts that protect the poor, there could be more than 100 million additional people in poverty by 2030, according to a new World Bank Group report released before the international climate conference in Paris.

2018-04-22T12:03:35-04:0008 Nov 2015|Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 13: Climate Action, News|

UNEP report: Emissions to be limited by 2030 but more action needed

Existing policies and strong engagement by nations submitting their contributions ahead of the Paris climate meeting will limit anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030, but a new climate agreement can encourage further action to limit global temperature rise to 2°C by 2100, according to a new United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report.

2016-01-18T17:06:25-05:0006 Nov 2015|Goal 13: Climate Action, News|
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