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Greening the entertainment industry is music to our ears

UN Environment | Jun 1, 2020 at 2:00 AM

From eliminating single-use water bottles at live music events to sourcing local food and sustainable biodiesel, they take practical and impactful steps to green the industry.

Life and death for Yemen’s women and girls, as funding evaporates

UN Sustainable Development | May 31, 2020 at 4:00 AM

In mid-May, just as the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in Yemen, funding for UNFPA’s life-saving reproductive health services dried up.

From fighting with guns to fighting the pandemic

UN Sustainable Development | May 30, 2020 at 6:10 AM

In countries suffering from conflict, readjusting to life in a peaceful society is a challenge, both for former fighters and the wider community.

COVID-19: Countries support ‘one-stop shop’ to share science and research

UN Sustainable Development | May 29, 2020 at 10:17 PM

Thirty countries and numerous international partners have underlined the need to make tests, treatments and other technologies to fight COVID-19, available to people everywhere.

Nine in 10 smokers start before they are 18 years old, warns WHO

UN Sustainable Development | May 29, 2020 at 3:08 PM

Tobacco products continue to kill eight million people a year who get hooked via a $9 billion a year marketing strategy.

It’s Time for Nature

UN Environment | May 29, 2020 at 2:00 AM

Nature is on the verge of a breakdown.

Security Council: Paralysis and ‘political infighting’ must end, to boost COVID-19 fight: EU foreign affairs chief

UN Sustainable Development | May 28, 2020 at 9:25 PM

The global coronavirus pandemic is testing the multilateral system like never before and the Security Council must stop the “infighting”, and step up to the challenge, the European Union’s foreign policy chief told the 15-member body on Thursday.

COVID-19: Act now or risk ‘unimaginable devastation’ globally, warns UN chief

UN Sustainable Development | May 28, 2020 at 7:46 PM

Unless countries across the world act together now, the COVID-19 pandemic will cause “unimaginable devastation and suffering around the world”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Thursday at a virtual high-level meeting on financing for development.

Yemen: Humanitarians seeking $2.41 billion to keep aid flowing amid COVID-19 pandemic

UN Sustainable Development | May 28, 2020 at 6:55 PM

UN agencies and their global partners are seeking $2.41 billion to fight COVID-19 spread in Yemen while continuing to support millions affected by the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.

Albania: How a lagoon became a frontline defence against climate change

UN Environment | May 28, 2020 at 2:00 AM

When Albert Pati moved closer to the sea to open a beach bar overlooking the Mediterranean in Albania, he never imagined that the sea would also be moving closer to him, now eroding the soil around his restaurant floor.

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