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Innovating for an accessible and equitable world

2 December 2022 - 鈥淭ogether, we have the tools to tackle the root causes of systemic marginalization of persons with disabilities in every corner of the world.

Photo credit: FAO/Luis Tato. Women are collecting harvest.

Leveraging private capital to achieve the global goals

1 December 2022 - Malawi, a beautiful and tranquil country located in Sub-Saharan Africa, is one of the world鈥檚 Least Developed Countries (LDCs).

漏 UNICEF/Shehzad Noorani. Children use their tablet in a village in Eastern Sudan.

With 2.7 billion people still left offline, UN Forum to find solutions for creating a human-centred and resilient digital future

29 November 2022 - For a staggering 2.7 billion people, many of them living in developing and least developed countries...

UN Photo / JC McIlwaine

Staying connected in a rapidly changing world

25 November 2022 - Browsing for work, school or to access government or health care services; for many, Internet access may be easily available in our daily lives. 

漏 UNICEF/Adzape Children use toilet facilities at a school in Nigeria.

UN鈥檚 game plan for sanitation for all

17 November - Ahead of  on 19 November, the UN Children鈥檚 Fund (UNICEF) is launching a new game plan to help governments achieve safely managed sanitation for their populations...

UN Photo/Mark Garten

World Toilet Day 2022: Making the invisible visible

18 November 2022 - Groundwater is invisible, but its impact is visible everywhere. This World Toilet Day is all about making the invisible visible and taking action to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 6 on water and sanitation for all. 

UN Photo/Loey Felipe

As the world鈥檚 population hits 8 billion people, UN calls for solidarity in advancing sustainable development for all

15 November 2022 - The global population is projected to reach 8 billion...

Photo Credit: Loren King/Unsplash

Economic downturn poses further risks for food security

11 November 2022 - Hunger is on the rise globally. The number of people affected by acute food insecurity nearly doubled in recent years...

Photo: UNIC Tokyo/Momoko Sato

A hub of hope to heal a world in crisis

9 November 2022 - "This pavilion is a hub of hope,鈥 said UN Secretary-General Ant贸nio Guterres, as he joined the SDG Pavilion at COP27 for its official inauguration...

World Bank/Arne Hoel. A young woman works on a computer in Tunisia

UN Big Data Hackathon calls for solutions to current global challenges

8 November 2022 - Close to 2,000 data scientists and statisticians from more than 70 counties will compete in the ...

Photo credit: World Bank

Big data and data science play a key role in addressing global challenges

7 November 2022 - The world faces many global challenges related to the environment, climate change, health, food insecurity...

SDG Pavilion: UN DESA/DSDG

4 things you should know about UN DESA鈥檚 SDG Pavilion at COP27

4 November 2022 - Our world is on fire; drying up and flooding 鈥 all at the very same time. The climate crisis is a reality...

8 billion strong 鈥 infinite possibilities for people and planet

2 November 2022 - Our world is approaching a landmark moment in human history... 

Unsplash/Juanma Clemente-Alloza

COP27: What you need to know about this year鈥檚 big UN Climate Conference

28 October 2022 - This year鈥檚 UN Climate Conference takes place in Sharm el-Sheikh, against a backdrop of extreme weather events worldwide...

漏 UNICEF/Olivier. Asselin A child fills a jerrycan with safe water at a displaced camp near Goma, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

鈥楪ame changer鈥 ideas on water and sustainability, centre-stage ahead of major water conference

- Some 1,200 scientists, representatives of the private sector and civil society met at UN Headquarters ...