United Nations Campaign ‘The People’s Seat’ Wins Prestigious Award At Cannes
The United Nations climate campaign ‘The People’s Seat’ received the gold award for PR in the category Sustainable Development Goals Lions on 19 June.
It’s time we took a seat ‘at your table’: Guterres calls on world youth to keep leading climate emergency response
Older generations have “failed to respond properly” to the climate [...]
Thursday’s Daily Brief: World Refugee Day, Middle East peace marred, Epilepsy report, Cities #WithRefugees initiative and Ebola-response funding gap in DR Congo
This Thursday, we cover: World Refugee Day, Peace in the [...]
First-ever WHO global report on epilepsy highlights care gap in poorer countries
More than seven in 10 people with epilepsy in developing [...]
UN health agency steps up fight against ‘invisible pandemic’ of antimicrobial resistance
As resistance to antibiotics grows, the World Health Organization (WHO) has launched the latest stage of its campaign to fight this deadly health risk – likened by the agency to an “invisible pandemic”– with the launch of a new online tool for health professionals on Tuesday.
Billions globally lack ‘water, sanitation and hygiene’, new UN report spells out
Some 2.2 billion people around the world do not have safely-managed drinking water, while 4.2 billion go without safe sanitation services and three billion lack basic handwashing facilities, according to a new report from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO).
Tackling climate change, one bite at a time, UN enlists chefs to lead in campaign for sustainable food
Chefs from around the world will help support the United Nations's ActNow campaign by kicking off a food challenge on June 18, Sustainable Gastronomy Day. The Challenge aims to engage people in the global effort to tackle climate change through healthy and sustainable food choices.
24 billion tons of fertile land lost every year, warns UN chief on World Day to Combat Desertification
In a video message released in advance of the World [...]
UN oceans treaty ‘essential’ to combat ‘unprecedented pressure’ on the world’s seas – UN chief
The oceans are not only under “unprecedented pressure” due to climate change, but “half of all living coral has been lost in the past 150 years”, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday, addressing the latest gathering of nations which are party to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.
9.7 billion on Earth by 2050, but growth rate slowing, says new UN population report
By the year 2050, there will be some 9.7 billion [...]
Shining a light on sustainable power: how clean energy is helping to improve camps for displaced people
Hauwa, from Borno State in north-eastern Nigeria, fled her home [...]
Friday’s Daily Brief : Sudan and South Sudan, Ebola, ECOSOC elections, risks of 5G tech
This Friday, we cover: Ebola in central Africa still not [...]