Dozens of eco-conscious young entrepreneurs from across Colombia, Costa Rica and Mexico have entered a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) contest designed to help them supercharge their ideas.
How to adapt and move forward in the new reality of a COVID-19 world was the focus of a UN webinar on Wednesday.
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, are calling for immediate efforts to vaccinate all children as progress was already hampered by a decade of stalling coverage.
The Human Rights Council on Wednesday heard damning reports of serious exploitation and abuse of children and indigenous communities in Venezuela, where mining for gold and other minerals is booming.
Plastics are part of modern life.
Over the next 6-18 months, it is estimated that countries will invest over $20 trillion to recover from the fallout of COVID-19.
A ‘business as usual’ approach is no longer an option, the head of the UN agriculture agency said on Tuesday, launching a new plan to move past the coronavirus pandemic.
“Concrete, bold and implementable solutions” are needed to turn the tide on the many challenges the world is facing, including the COVID-19 pandemic, Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday, on the biggest day so far for the UN’s key international forum on sustainable development. While acknowledging that the planet was not on track last year […]
Where demand exists, supply chains have been severely disrupted.
Both of these documents recognize the fundamental importance of data, insights and digital technologies to “combat climate change while advancing global sustainability, environmental stewardship and human well-being”.