CLIMATE CHANGE FOCUS: Climate-proofing Timor-Leste
A new generation of green infrastructure which boosts the local [...]
CLIMATE CHANGE FOCUS: Climate-proofing Timor-Leste
A new generation of green infrastructure which boosts the local [...]
CLIMATE CHANGE FOCUS: Climate-proofing Timor-Leste
A new generation of green infrastructure which boosts the local [...]
Help build vulnerable island States’ resilience to extreme weather, urges senior UN official
With Small Island Developing States (SIDS) bearing the brunt of [...]
Help build vulnerable island States’ resilience to extreme weather, urges senior UN official
With Small Island Developing States (SIDS) bearing the brunt of [...]
Coral reefs can’t wait for world to take action, urges UN, as Biodiversity Conference gets underway
Sounding the alarm about the urgent need to protect coral [...]
Farmers on the frontline in battle against drug-resistant microbes: UN health agency
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has revealed that as some 700,000 people are dying each year from antimicrobial resistant infections, an untold number of sick animals are also suffering from diseases that do not respond to treatment.
‘Make healthy choices’ urges UN agency, to prevent and manage chronic diabetes
The global prevalence of adult diabetes has nearly quadrupled since [...]
UN and Tokyo 2020, leverage power of Olympic Games in global sustainable development race
The United Nations and the organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games have signed an agreement to highlight the important contribution that sport makes in the race to reach the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), by the ambitious deadline of 2030.
CLIMATE CHANGE FOCUS: Congo Prospers from Environmental Protection
Families in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are [...]
‘12 million’ stateless people globally, warns UNHCR chief in call to States for decisive action
An estimated 12 million people may be victims of statelessness the impact of which is “immediate and can be dire”, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday.
CLIMATE CHANGE FOCUS: Cows, coffee and sustainable farming
Small-scale farms in Panama are helping to heal land degraded [...]
Antimicrobial resistance a ‘global health emergency,’ UN, ahead of awareness week
By 2050, some five million people could die each year [...]
UN chief appoints Luis Alfonso de Alba as Special Envoy for the 2019 Climate Summit
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced on Friday the appointment [...]
UN chief appoints Luis Alfonso de Alba as Special Envoy for the 2019 Climate Summit
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced on Friday the appointment [...]
Every bite of burger boosts harmful greenhouse gases: UN Environment Agency
Even though meat production is known to be a major [...]
Ebola outbreak in DR Congo conflict zone ‘remains dangerous and unpredictable’ – UN chiefs
While new measures to tackle the Ebola outbreak in the [...]
Civil society groups matter for Cambodia’s sustainable development: UN expert
The Cambodian Government must work in tandem with civil society groups and build its policies around citizens’ human rights, if the country is to see durable peace and sustainable development, a UN expert urged on Friday.
Poor diets threaten health more than malaria, tuberculosis, measles – new UN report
With one-in-five deaths associated with poor-quality diets, the United Nations [...]
Hunger and obesity in Latin America and the Caribbean compounded by inequality: UN report
For the third consecutive year, the number of those chronically [...]