UN calls for urgent action to address education crisis as global primary school-age population peaks in 2023
10 April 2023 - The global population of primary-school-aged children is expected to ...
Athletes score for people and the planet on International Day of Sport
6 April 2023 - Athletes are pushing for a more equitable world, both on and off the playing field 鈥 one of the messages coming out of the UN on Thursday...
Access to education for a growing population is key to achieving the SDGs
6 April 2023 - The role of education in advancing societal progress is well established. Educational achievement impacts people鈥檚 lives and supports global...
New green industrial age can be the breakthrough for Sustainable Development Goals
5 April 2023 - Amid growing food and energy crises, an uncertain global economic outlook, and the escalating impacts of climate change...
Financing Sustainable Transformation
3 April 2023 - At the halfway point to the 2030 Agenda, vulnerable countries have been left reeling by multiple...
Urgently transforming institutions for a greener, more inclusive, and more resilient world
28 March 2023 - Five years ago, in July 2018, the UN ECOSOC endorsed the
Historic UN conference marks watershed moment to tackle global water crisis and ensure water-secure future
24 March 2023 - The UN 2023 Water Conference in New York culminated today with a breakthrough response...
鈥淔ailing on water means failing people and planet鈥
23 March 2023 - The halls of UN Headquarters in New York are buzzing with energy and resolve as water champions, world leaders, advocates and changemakers are gathering for the UN 2023 Water Conference...
UN calls for game-changing action to stem global water crisis
22 March 2023 - With mounting pressures on water from rising consumption demands, increased pollution and climate change, world leaders, civil society...
Healthy forests, healthy planet, healthy humans
21 March 2023 - Forests are often called the lungs of the planet, because they absorb harmful carbon dioxide and produce life-giving oxygen so it鈥檚 no exaggeration to equate healthy forests with healthy people...
How the planet鈥檚 鈥渓ungs鈥 contribute to our health and well-being
21 March 2023 - Forests make our lives better in countless ways. They sustain us 鈥 from clean air and water, to food and fuel, to medicines and income.
Origami hummingbirds to make a splash at UN Water Conference
19 March 2023 - Flocks of paper origami hummingbirds crafted by children around the world have departed their locations to 鈥渁ttend鈥 the UN Water Conference in New York...
Uniting the world for water action
17 March 2023 - In 1977, world leaders, water experts and policymakers from around the world gathered in Mar del Plata, Argentina...
UN Forum concludes with urgent call for nations to scale up development cooperation to better support the most vulnerable
15 March 2023 - The 2023 Development Cooperation Forum concluded today...
5 things you should know about water and the UN 2023 Water Conference
14 March 2023 - Water is life. It connects us and is vital to our existence on this planet. To protect this critical resource, and accelerate actions to solve the water crisis...