Sustainability
UN health agency spotlights stalled effort to close health divide across Europe, in new report
In the first-ever report of its kind, The Health Equity Status Report, authors share that in many of the 53 countries in...
Scientists call for urgent, targeted action to avoid reversing the development gains of recent decades
PRESS RELEASE New relationship between people and nature is needed as climate change and biodiversity loss threaten progress New...
SDG progress ‘in danger’ of going backwards without change in direction, new UN report reveals
The UN report will be at the centre of discussions during the UN summit on the SDGs later this month. Worsening inequalities...
Human rights are everyone’s business, amid relentless crises around world: UN’s Bachelet
Briefing journalists one year since she took office, High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, appealed for greater international cooperation....
Monday’s Daily Brief: Suicide death every 40 seconds, rights chief on climate change link, Venezuela, Dorian updates, desertification summit latest
Every 40 seconds, someone dies by suicide: WHO Despite progress in national prevention strategies, one person dies by suicide every 40...
Mitigating climate change in Asia-Pacific could give region an economic boost
As Asia-Pacific Climate Week (APCW 2019) wrapped up on Friday in Bangkok, a key takeaway was that long-term holistic planning...
One person dies by suicide every 40 seconds: new UN health agency report
Speaking in Geneva ahead of World Suicide Prevention day, recognized on 10 September, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, “every death...
We are ‘burning up our future’, UN’s Bachelet tells Human Rights Council
In a direct appeal to the forum’s 47 Member States to unite to tackle climate change, Michelle Bachelet insisted that...
Restore land to save the planet, boost the economy, says head of UN body combating desertification
Put concisely, we must “invest in land restoration as a way of improving livelihoods, reducing vulnerabilities contributing to climate change,...
Thursday’s Daily Brief: Facebook rallies against vaccination ‘fake news’, DPR Korea UN staff cuts call, Syria crop report, crisis funding and Dorian latest
WHO welcomes Facebook commitment to stop vaccine misinformation from going viral The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday welcomed Facebook’s pledge to...
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