UN recognizes public institution-led initiatives in 11 countries that are advancing Sustainable Development Goals
Baku, Azerbaijan, 21 June –From managing invasive species to helping to provide waste collectors with decent work, the UN today is presenting 11 public institutions from eleven countries for their work in helping to [...]
Media registration for IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land
2019/17/MA IPCC MEDIA ADVISORY 20 June 2019 GENEVA, June 20 – The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will consider the Special Report Climate Change and Land on 2 – 6 August 2019 during its 50th [...]
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.
Growing at a slower pace, world population is expected to reach 9.7 billion in 2050 and could peak at nearly 11 billion around 2100: UN Report
PRESS RELEASE Growth rates vary across regions and more countries are experiencing population decline New York, 17 June –The world’s population is expected to increase by 2 billion persons in the next 30 years, [...]
It is everybody’s business to put degraded lands back to life, UN says
Our individual consumption and production choices have a lasting impact on land. Restoring and protecting fragile areas is the responsibility of everyone who wants to eat, drink or breathe. Restoration of 150 million hectare [...]
Business leaders urged to set more ambitious climate targets in effort to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
A broad coalition of business, civil society and UN leaders today issued a call to action for private companies to make their critical and necessary contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions to limit the worst impacts of climate change.