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 [...]
COP26 Postponed
The COP26 UN climate change conference set to take place in Glasgow in November has been postponed due to COVID-19. Dates for a rescheduled conference in 2021, hosted in Glasgow by the UK in partnership with Italy, will be set out in due course following further discussion with parties.
COVID-19 likely to shrink global GDP by almost one per cent in 2020
Bold and urgent policy measures needed to protect the [...]
COVID-19: UN Chief launches plan to address the potentially devastating socio-economic impacts
The new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is attacking societies at their core, claiming lives and people’s livelihoods. In a new report, the United Nations Secretary-General calls on everyone to act together to address this impact and lessen the blow to people.
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 [...]
As ocean health continues to deteriorate, countries kick-off preparations to scale up solutions for marine conservation
Media Advisory UN Ocean Conference [...]
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 [...]
“COP25 Must Change the Course of Climate Action and Ambition” – High-Level Segment Kicks Off
The High-Level Segment of the UN Climate Change Conference COP25 (to 13 December) kicked off today, with urgent reminders that the international community is running out of time to effectively tackle the climate crisis and must change course and step up ambition in order to prevent the worst climate impacts.
COP25 Kicks Off with Calls to Make Serious Progress on Climate Action
2 December 2019 - The UN Climate Change Conference [...]
Internet Governance Forum: We must act now to tackle the threats of cyberspace
Global efforts need to be stepped up to address an increase in cross-border cyberattacks, hate speech and security breaches, according to the more than 6,000 delegates that took part in the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) that concluded today in Berlin.
In the face of increasing digital divides and cyberattacks, UN Chief calls for transforming the Internet as a powerful force for good
Calling for collective responsibility to face the challenges of nefarious use of digital technology, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres told the fourteenth Internet Governance Forum in Berlin, Germany, that the growing frequency and severity of cyber-attacks are undermining trust and encouraging States to adopt offensive postures for the hostile use of cyberspace.
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 [...]
Governments commit to shared climate action through Least Developed Countries Fund
$160 million pledged for GEF-managed fund that helps poorest countries [...]
Small island developing States, on the front lines of climate and economic shocks, need greater international assistance
More durable partnerships between island nations and wealthier countries can [...]
To address worsening climate crisis and scant progress on sustainable development, UN looks to countries and private sector to mobilize resources
New York, 26 September – Facing the increasing impacts of [...]