COVID-19: No return to ‘old normal’, says UN health chief, as cases top 15 million
COVID-19 cases worldwide have surpassed 15 million, and nearly 620,000 deaths.
COVID-19: World leaders to stay at home, in first ‘virtual’ UN General Assembly
The General Debate of the General Assembly, traditionally the most high-profile UN event of the year, will be a slimmed-down affair this September, with world leaders staying away from New York, and contributing set-piece speeches via video link, a UN spokesperson confirmed on Thursday.
‘Temporary Basic Income’ could slow COVID surge, provide lifeline for world’s poorest ‘Temporary Basic Income’ could slow COVID surge, provide lifeline for world’s poorest
The immediate introduction of a Temporary Basic Income for the world’s poorest people could slow the current surge in COVID-19 and enable close to three billion people to stay at home.
COVID-19 provides opportunity to resolve conflicts, address weaknesses across Arab region: UN chief
The pandemic can also provide an opportunity to resolve long-standing conflicts and address structural weaknesses across the region, the UN Secretary-General said on Thursday.
Decades after devastating cyclone, mangroves are on the rebound in Mozambique
As a response to this environmental and socio-economic crisis, the community, the Mozambican government and partners launched an effort to restore the trees so essential to life in the Limpopo River estuary.
In Tanzania, locals and officials band together to save mangroves
In the lead up to International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem on July 26, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is running a series of stories on mangroves, and their impact on the environment and economies of countries across the world.
Education for the future
Every year the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development meets to advance the UN System’s agenda on sustainable development.
Global tourism sector should continue fight against plastic pollution during and after COVID-19 – new UN recommendations
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has hit the tourism sector hard, putting more than 100 million jobs at risk; as countries begin to recover, new UN recommendations advise that the tourism sector builds back better, continuing its push to fight plastic pollution.
Recovering better: Global opportunities to jumpstart the real economy
Every year the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development meets to advance the UN System’s agenda on sustainable development.
How cities are using nature to keep heatwaves at bay
The more the planet warms, the more cities are finding they need new ways to keep urban temperatures down and protect their residents.