Why sustainable transport takes centre stage in October
Why sustainable transport takes centre stage in October Across [...]
A+E Networks Win MIP SDG Award
A+E Networks Win MIP SDG Award SDG Media [...]
WHO and partners urge countries to halt sales of wild mammals at food markets
The World Health Organization (WHO) and partners have called for [...]
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UN Chief Calls on Small Islands to Continue Pushing for Climate Action “Now is not the time for retreat”
UN Secretary-General António Guterres today addressed a forum of leaders from Small Island Developing State saying that even as the world remains focused on confronting the COVID-19 pandemic – the biggest test the world has faced since the Second World War, we must not lose focus on climate change.
Ensuring Food Security in the Era of COVID-19
Experts say the pandemic will unleash a food security [...]
As ocean health continues to deteriorate, countries kick-off preparations to scale up solutions for marine conservation
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Without biodiversity we wouldn’t have the food we eat today! But it’s disappearing before our eyes.
The air we breathe, the water we drink and the food we eat all rely on biodiversity.
UN Data Forum explores ways to improve, modernize national statistical systems
It's essential to strengthen national statistical capacities in countries where financial and human resources for statistics are lacking, USG Wu Hongbo said.
INTERVIEW: “We have to make decisions together, and we have to make them now” – Mogens Lyyketoft
In a recent interview with the UN News Centre, Mr. Lykketoft discusses the need for Member States to overcome differences and unite in an urgent push to curb extreme poverty and reverse climate change, as they launch the new Sustainable Development Agenda in New York this month and seek to adopt a new universal climate change agreement in Paris in December.
UN health agency to mark World Hepatitis Day with pilot initiative to curb unsafe injections
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced today that it will commemorate the fifth World Hepatitis Day next week with a global injection safety initiative campaign in three pilot countries together with the foundation arm of IKEA to combat the “silent epidemic” that kills more than 1.4 million each year.
Africa Renewal: Spotlight on…Loans to Women
With the Third International Financing for Development Conference taking place in Addis Adaba, Ethiopia, next week, we are highlighting a series of articles from the Africa Renewal magazine that examine some of the challenges faced by people in Africa every day.
