Sustainability
Thursday’s Daily Brief: Syria latest, tech needs threaten life-saving weather forecasts, #UN75 birthday conversation begins, polio virus nears eradication
Lives at risk if wireless technology demands are not held in check Amid growing competition for radio wave space due...
Monday’s Daily Brief: Online hate, gender equality in Africa, Chile protests, African migrants in Europe, Security Council in South Sudan
Companies ‘failing’ to address offline harm incited by online hate: UN expert States and companies are “failing” when it comes...
UN health agency launches week of action to ban lead paint
Lead exposure killed more than one million people in 2017, according to data cited by WHO, which is why the...
Kors and Nyong’o: Food, fashion and film join forces at UN, for the world’s hungry
This year’s theme, “Food is Love”, is based on the simple principle that food is essential; and yet one-in-nine people...
Tuberculosis infections declining, but not fast enough among poor, marginalised: UN health agency
Caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis, TB commonly causes persistent coughing, fatigue and weight loss. According to the World Health...
UN Committee says Ebola in DR Congo still an international public health emergency
The World Health Organization (WHO) convened its Emergency Committee on the disease which concluded with a call for sustained political...
Climate emergency: City mayors are ‘world’s first responders’, says UN chief
In his opening remarks to the C40 World Mayors Summit – a forum for member cities to present innovative actions...
Obesity rates soar due to dramatic global diet shift, says UN food agency
The shift away from seasonal, mainly plant-based and fibre-rich food has occurred in recent decades, as a result of globalization,...
Business leaders join UN to rev up sustainable development investments
The Global Investors for Sustainable Development Alliance (GISD), a UN-supported coalition of 30 business leaders, works to provide decisive leadership in mobilizing resources for sustainable development, with...
Wednesday’s Daily Brief: Soaring obesity rates, sustainable development funding alliance, new UN office to support Haiti
Obesity rates soar due to dramatic global diet shift, says UN food agency Eating food high in starch, sugar, fats...
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