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 ...

Las Naciones Unidas se han comprometido a fortalecer la tolerancia mediante el fomento de la comprensión mutua entre las culturas y los pueblos. Este imperativo está en la base de la Carta de ...

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 ...

16 January 2025 — The world is facing an extraordinary convergence of crises that has left 305 million people in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. Read the entire article at https://news ...

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 ...

All over the world, ecosystems are threatened. From forests and drylands to farmlands and lakes, natural spaces on which humanity’s existence depends are reaching a tipping point. According to ...

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.