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January 2024
Flagship economic report highlights why global cooperation is key
The UN’s World Economic Situation and Prospects report for 2024 projects a slowdown in global growth from an estimated 2.7 per cent in 2023 to 2.4 per cent in 2024.
December 2023
Report card 1: Half-way to the global goals deadline
The global push for a safer, greener and more just world, as outlined in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, has reached its halfway mark, but what progress has been made so far?
INTERVIEW: Actor Natalie Portman celebrates women and girls’ voices
Investing more in women and girls’ education, safety and economic and social empowerment will speed the drive towards gender parity. That’s according to Academy Award-winning actor, director and activist Natalie Portman.
COP28 ends with call to ‘transition away’ from fossil fuels; UN’s Guterres says the industry will phase out ‘whether they like it or not’
With an unprecedented reference to fossil fuels, the UN climate [...]
COP28: UN says staggering $7 trillion spent every year on investments that fuel climate change
Nearly $7 trillion of public and private finance each year [...]
