Tobacco control efforts protect three-quarters of the world’s population, WHO report finds
Tobacco use still claims over seven million lives a year, the World Health Organization warned on Monday, calling for greater efforts to limit its use amid rising interference from the global tobacco industry. Read Full [...]
Asia is warming twice as fast as the rest of the world
In April 2024, China broke the average temperature record that month. The following month, it was the same - and then again in August. And September. And November. Read Full Story on UN News
INTERVIEW: Visitors to Expo 2025 appreciate ‘positive vision’ of UN
Visitors to Expo 2025, a world fair currently being held in Osaka, Japan, appreciate the “positive vison” of a shared global future promoted by the United Nations; that’s according to Naomi Ichikawa, Director of the UN Pavilion.
What is financing for development?
According to the United Nations, the world needs an extra $4 trillion every year to tackle some of the world’s biggest challenges – ending poverty and hunger, fighting climate change, and reducing inequality.
From the Global South to the stars: A new space race
Once the exclusive domain of a handful of technologically advanced countries, outer space is now within the reach of emerging nations from the Global South, as costs fall and technology becomes more widely available.
‘One Earth, One Health’: Yoga Day provides respite in a tumultuous world
In an age marked by conflicts, disease, dysfunction and mental health challenges, yoga offers a steady, time-trusted path to help find calm and harmony within – and without. Read Full Story on UN News