Sustainability

Although technologies such as artificial intelligence and blockchain are opening new frontiers of productivity and providing opportunities to people and...

A new report by the ILO, released to mark World Day for Safety and Health at Work, found that 7,000...

The world of work has been upended by COVID-19, and the effects are likely to be long-lasting. Before the pandemic,...

In a message to the annual session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), Secretary-General...

“Even before the pandemic, there were worrying signs that we were beginning to lose ground in the fight against preventable...

A 20-second shut down of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on 26 April 1986, created a surge that led to...

Executive Director Inger Andersen told an online discussion that the “significant and pathbreaking” information contained in the UN agency’s synthesis...

Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said we were at a “make or break moment”, adding that woodlands provide vital functions, including...

Marie Christina Kolo, who describes herself as a climate activist, ecofeminist and social entrepreneur, was one of two young people who spoke to the UN...

Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert offered her deepest condolences to the families of the scores of people who lost their lives during a...