Clean energy is crucial for reaching net zero emissions by 2050 and protecting the climate and our natural world. A just and inclusive energy transition is key to limiting global heating to 1.5 ...

15 January 2025 - The world continues to grapple with unprecedented challenges but there are reasons for cautious optimism in 2025 - on a long-awaited Gaza ceasefire, climate action, tackling ...

Ralph Bunche received the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize for his late 1940s work as a United Nations mediator in the Palestine conflict. He called himself 'an incurable optimist'. Bunche was the first ...

Women and girls continue to face discrimination, gender stereotypes and societal biases dictating their place in society, ...

Countries are eligible to enter or leave the LDC category if they meet the defined inclusion or graduation thresholds of the criteria. The graduation thresholds are set higher than the thresholds ...

Melissa Fleming is the United Nations' Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications as of 1 September 2019. Celeste Saulo has always been fascinated by the weather. Now Secretary-General of ...

Mark Carney is the UN Special Envoy on Climate Action and Finance, coming from a distinguished career in finance that included serving as Governor of the Bank of England. In a recent interview, he ...

As the MDGs era comes to a conclusion with the end of the year, 2016 ushers in the official launch of the bold and transformative 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by world leaders ...

Even under normal circumstances, persons with disabilities—one billion people worldwide— are less likely to access health care, education, employment and to participate in the community.

La pandemia de COVID-19 provocó un incremento del número de personas que viven en la pobreza extrema, por primera vez en una generación. Los avances en áreas importantes, como la vacunación ...

Lead, a naturally occurring metal used to make a variety of products including paints, ammunition, spices, certain cosmetic products, jewellery, toys, waste lead acid batteries, g ...

Geneva (WMO – The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has confirmed that 2024 is the warmest year on record, based on six international datasets. The past ten years have all been in the Top Ten, ...