17 Goals to Transform Our World
Countries have adopted a new sustainable development agenda and global agreement on climate change. Explore this site to find out more about the efforts of the UN and its partners to build a better world with no one left behind.
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Media advisory: Launch of the World Economic and Social Survey 2016
The World Economic and Social Survey (WESS) 2016 focuses on how vulnerable population groups and communities are disproportionately affected by climate hazards.
Media advisory: Press briefing on climate change on 29 Sept.
UN climate experts will brief the media on the outcome of the General Assembly and the latest developments on the Paris Agreement.
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27 September 2016 – With some 6.5 million people dying annually from air pollution and 92 per cent of the world’s population living in places where levels exceed recommended limits, the United Nations today rolled […]
GalleryUN Deputy: Least developed countries will miss 2021 targets without support
Unless progress speeds up considerably, the world's LDCs will miss the growth targets they have set themselves by the target date of 2021, UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson warned.
UN Secretary General’s climate resilience initiative set to mobilize and accelerate climate action for sustainable development
Partners of a new UN-led platform to mobilize and accelerate action on climate resilience agreed today to move ahead with plans that will help meet the needs of a growing global population that is being impacted by climate change.
Twitter, UN Global Pulse announce data partnership
Twitter and UN Global Pulse today announced a partnership that will provide the United Nations with access to Twitter’s data tools to support efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, which were adopted by world leaders last year.
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