COVID-19 pushes more government activities online despite persisting digital divide
Denmark, Korea and Estonia top the 2020 UN e-government [...]
United Nations launches framework to speed up progress on water and sanitation goal
Press release UN-Water New York, 9 July—The UN announced [...]
Amidst COVID-19 pandemic, UN High-Level Forum aims to chart pathways toward a sustainable recovery
PRESS RELEASE New York, 3 July—Facing the [...]
UN report finds COVID-19 is reversing decades of progress on poverty, healthcare and education
PRESS RELEASE The effects of the pandemic have devastated [...]
Economist Roundtable Media Advisory
MEDIA ADVISORY Top economists to explore financing solutions to [...]
UN: SDGs still offer best option to reduce worst impacts of COVID-19 and to recover better
Policy brief calls for increasing SDG progress and maintaining [...]
EMBARGOED until 19 May, 00:01 CET: Over 150 global corporations urge world leaders for net-zero recovery from COVID-19
Press release: Under strict embargo until 00:01 CET, 19 May [...]
United Nations SDG Media Compact hits 100-member mark
Growing alliance of news and entertainment companies brings focus on socio-economic impact of COVID-19 crisis to its two-billion-strong audience.
2020 UN Ocean Conference Postponed
Media Advisory Efforts to scale up ocean action to [...]
UN DESA Policy briefs offer recommendations for avoiding debt crisis and using digital government tools to help confront COVID-19
Commodity-dependent developing countries face risk of economic crisis even [...]
60 International Agencies Urge Rapid, Coordinated Response as Pandemic Threatens to Destabilize Poor Countries’ Finances
NEW YORK, 9 April 2020 – Governments must take [...]
New WHO recommendations to prevent tuberculosis aim to save millions of lives
New World Health Organization (WHO) guidance will help countries [...]
PRESS RELEASE: UNECE launches Dashboard to track regional progress on SDGs
The Sustainable Development Goals’ globally-agreed framework of 232 indicators [...]
Gender equality grows as key aspect of sustainable ocean management
Intro: According to the Food and Agriculture Organization, women represent [...]
Make this the century of women’s equality: UN chief
The 21st century must be the century of women’s equality, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Thursday, in a [...]
Japan’s 2020 Olympic and Paralympic teams to wear sportswear made from recycled clothes
Apparel and footwear production contribute to around 10 percent of [...]
Amid worsening climate crisis, UN Secretary-General sets out top ten climate action priorities for 2020, vows to stay on frontlines
Report on 2019 Climate Action Summit cites need for [...]
30 Business Titans Join UN Push to Scale Up Private Sector Investment for Sustainable Development
PRESS RELEASE António Guterres calls on key business leaders to [...]
UN, European Union and Smurfs team up for global beach clean-up campaign in support of Sustainable Development Goals
Marine litter is both a global and a local challenge. Across the world, an estimated eight million tonnes of plastic waste end up in our oceans every year. Overall, 80% of all marine litter comes from land-based sources.
Governments commit to shared climate action through Least Developed Countries Fund
$160 million pledged for GEF-managed fund that helps poorest countries [...]