‘We can do better’ for pedestrian and cyclist safety worldwide
A cycling network expanded from 70 kilometres to over 400 kilometres in Fortaleza, Brazil. A project to create a bike lane in every street of Paris. And the longest pedestrian and cycle tunnel in the [...]
Media Advisory | Amidst intersecting crises, UN conference seeks to accelerate progress towards SDG 16 – on peace, justice and strong institutions
Media Advisory | Amidst intersecting crises, UN conference seeks to accelerate progress towards SDG 16 - on peace, justice and strong institutions
‘She cries in her sleep’: Deeper crisis looms beneath devastation from Myanmar quake
An estimated 3,800 people have died as a result of the devastating earthquakes that struck Myanmar on 28 March. Six weeks on, the situation in Myanmar remains dire, with whole communities still traumatised and vulnerable. Read [...]
UN Secretary-General appoints High-Level Expert Group on Beyond GDP
Media Advisory | The UN’s Science, Technology and Innovation Forum marks 10 years of bridging frontier knowledge and policy for sustainable development
More than 30-year difference in life expectancy highlights health inequities
Where you're born could be the difference between living over three decades longer than someone else from a poorer country lacking safe housing, good educational opportunities and access to decent jobs, a new UN report [...]
Hospital bombing deepens bleak situation for war-weary South Sudanese
Aid teams in South Sudan warned on Tuesday that repeated attacks on healthcare including the bombing of a hospital in eastern Jonglei state at the weekend are just the latest of the “multiple vulnerabilities” the [...]