2020 UN Ocean Conference Postponed
Media Advisory Efforts to scale up ocean action to continue NEW YORK, 15 April 2020 — In light of the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and growing public health concerns, the 2020 United Nations Ocean [...]
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 before a direct hit from Covid-19 New York, 15 April—Many commodity-dependent economies in Africa and Latin America will likely face an economic crisis before they [...]
60 International Agencies Urge Rapid, Coordinated Response as Pandemic Threatens to Destabilize Poor Countries’ Finances
NEW YORK, 9 April 2020 – Governments must take immediate steps to prevent a potentially devastating debt crisis and address the economic and financial havoc wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic – says a new [...]
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 most vulnerable and promote sustainability. New York, 1 April – The global economy could shrink by almost one percent this year—0.9 percent—due to 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.