As world leaders gathered in Stockholm, Sweden in 1972 for the UN Conference on the Human Environment, they were facing a planet in crisis.

COVID-19 deaths in Africa are forecast to decrease by 94 per cent this year compared to last year the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.

Global wellbeing is at risk – and it’s in large part because we haven’t kept our promises on the environment – UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Thursday.

Speakers stressed the need for decisive action to transform the global economy and humanity’s relationship with nature for people and planet to thrive.

It’s also home to one of the world’s most elusive primates, the endangered golden snub-nosed monkey.

Stockholm, 02 June 2022 – A UN-backed coalition of 1,000 stakeholders from over 100 countries today launched an Action Plan to steer digitalization towards accelerating environmentally and socially sustainable development.

UNDP’s Regional Goodwill Ambassador Michael Haddadembarks on Arctic Walk todeliver a “Package of Hope” to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, including seed samples from 12 Arab countries and a book by Pope Francis Beirut, 1 June 2022 — A special ceremony, hosted today at the American University in Beirut marked the first step in United […]

Thirty non-endemic countries have reported more than 550 confirmed cases of monkeypox, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.

The COVID-19 pandemic has slowed progress towards universal access to electricity and clean cooking fuels and technology, and fallout from the war in Ukraine could result in further setbacks, according to a UN-backed report, published on Wednesday.

The world is in the midst of a climate emergency.