Sustainability
Lifting 100 million out of poverty by 2025 still possible, despite recession threat |
The Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), a joint analysis from the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human...
Plastics are piling up in soil across the world warns UN environment agency |
Plastics are used extensively in agriculture, from plastic-coated seeds to protective wraps used to modify soil temperature and prevent weed...
Global health: Women and children pay heaviest price for ‘gaping inequities’ |
Data presented in the report show a clear and critical regression across virtually every major measure of childhood wellbeing, and...
Time to get off the couch, WHO warns, as 500 million risk developing chronic illness |
And the price of inaction and staying on the couch, will be severe, WHO said – around $27 billion every...
Disaster risk reduction: Only half the world equipped with adequate early warning systems |
Coinciding with the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction , the numbers in the report are even worse for developing...
World Food Day: Another year of global record hunger looms amid food and climate crisis |
In a call for urgent action to address the root causes of rising hunger, ahead of World Food Day, the...
Guterres calls for ‘sustained political commitment’ for a healthier world |
To accomplish this, “wealthier countries and international financial institutions need to support developing countries to make these crucial investments”, said...
Surge in poverty-stricken children in Eastern Europe, Central Asia |
The impact of the war in Ukraine and subsequent economic downturn on child poverty in eastern Europe and Central Asia,...
Adapt and survive: 5 ways to help countries cope with the climate crisis |
All nations need to make major cuts to fossil fuel emissions and transition to a low-carbon economy, if we are...
‘No issue more urgent than water,’ says General Assembly President, ahead of UN Water Conference Preparatory Meeting
14 Oct, NEW YORK – The United Nations and partners are gearing up for next year’s international conference on water...
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