‘Smart grid’ helps accelerate energy transition in Indonesia
Renewable energy plants are being built across Indonesia, but for their electricity to reach consumers, a modernization of the electricity grid is necessary.
Ahead of UN summit, countries finalise landmark ‘Compromiso de Sevilla’
UN Member States have reached agreement on the outcome document for the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development, to be formally adopted at an upcoming summit in Sevilla, Spain – though without the participation of the United States, which withdrew from the negotiations and announced it will not attend the conference.
Power of football inspires team effort towards development goals
The power of football to inspire fans to take positive action for a healthier planet and a fairer society is taking centre stage at Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan – a world fair focused on building a sustainable global future.
Make midwives universally accessible and save millions of lives, WHO urges
Almost 4.5 million maternal, stillborn and newborn deaths were recorded [...]
From Himalayan melt to drowning shores, children lead the climate fight
From the high Himalayas down to sea level, climate change [...]
Without urgent funding, global hunger hotspots are set to grow, UN warns
Since conflict erupted in Sudan, more than a million people [...]
UN ocean summit in Nice closes with wave of commitments
Ships in the port of Nice sounded their fog-horns on [...]
World News in Brief: Rights abuses in Haiti, Sudan war sees exodus to Chad, food trade optimism
Escalating gang violence in Haiti has displaced a record 1.3 [...]
Shaping a better world at Expo 2025 in Japan
How can we build a fairer, more peaceful world while safeguarding the planet? That’s the powerful question at the heart of the United Nations Pavilion at Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan.
‘No Ocean Declaration without small islands’: Delegates push for inclusion as UN summit nears end
With one day remaining before the conclusion of the Third [...]
World News in Brief: ‘Indifference and impunity’ in Sudan, ICC judges speak out against sanctions, respiratory diseases overlooked in Europe
With over half of the Sudanese population in need of [...]
Famine stalks two counties in South Sudan as fragile peace is threatened
Two counties in the Upper Nile State of South Sudan [...]
Global push to end plastic pollution gains ground in Nice
Behind closed doors, in a domed conference pavilion steps away [...]
Climate emergency is a health crisis ‘that is already killing us,’ says WHO
With 2024 confirmed as the hottest year on record, the [...]
‘Plenty of fish in the sea’? Not anymore, say UN experts in Nice
At the Third UN Ocean Conference in Nice, the “catch [...]
Global action needed as progress stalls on disability-inclusive development goals
Nearly all the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicators for persons with disabilities are off track, the UN deputy chief said on Tuesday, as people from around the world gathered for the largest annual meeting on disability-related issues.
Greed is driving oceans toward collapse
The ocean is under siege – and greed is to [...]
Social and economic barriers, not choice, driving global fertility crisis: UNFPA
The global fertility slump isn’t down to young people turning [...]
The battle to quiet the sea: Can the shipping industry turn down the volume?
The ocean has never been silent – waves crashing, seabirds [...]
No green without blue: Young ocean explorers set sail for a sustainable future
With science at the forefront of the opening day of [...]