Restore trust and inspire hope, UN chief says in message to UNGA76
With humanity on the edge of an abyss, and moving in the wrong direction, the world must wake up, Secretary-General Ant贸nio Guterres said in his keynote address ...
World leaders, BTS, join Guterres in call to get SDGs back on track
The world 鈥渋s challenged like never before鈥, the UN Secretary-General Ant贸nio Guterres said on Monday...
Igniting the spark of a clean energy revolution
Transforming the way our world produces energy will be critical to tackling both the climate crisis...
Doing good while doing well 鈥 private sector and SDGs
In recent years, a new generation of consumers has begun demanding companies to act in the interest of sustainability.
Four things you should know about food systems
Billions of people, from farmers to supermarket cashiers, to those who monitor food safety or install irrigation technologies...
76th General Assembly gets underway at UN Headquarters in New York
The COVID-19 pandemic has proved to be the most challenging period the world has seen since the Second World War...
Global preparedness in focus for new 鈥楩uture of the World鈥 series
The COVID-19 pandemic has made clear that universal social protection systems are the foundation for social inclusion and economic prosperity.
The future of the UN: Time to think big, urges Guterres
Celebrating the UN鈥檚 75th anniversary last year, prompted major internal discussion about its future...
Is unconventional monetary policy reaching its limits?
Since the onset of the pandemic, central banks around the world have deployed massive stimulus to limit the economic damage and support the recovery.
The global geospatial information community makes headway
Geospatial information is the glue that enables the integration of all digital data with a specific location, allowing us to unlock the true power of data.
Youth need 鈥榮eat at the table鈥 to lead struggle for better future: Guterres
Young people are on the 鈥渇rontlines of the struggle to build a better future鈥, the UN chief said on Thursday, International Youth Day.
End inequalities, recognize abuses, UN chief says on International Day of Indigenous Peoples
Although some countries have begun to rectify their 鈥渉einous legacy鈥 of discrimination against indigenous people, more action is still needed.
Rewriting the unwritten rules 鈥 indigenous peoples and the new social contract
The way indigenous peoples around the world responded to the global COVID-19 pandemic has proven their resilience...
Li-ion batteries 鈥 powering the fossil-fuel-free economy
Two years ago, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry to the three scientists who led the development of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries that have laid the foundation for a fossil-fuel-free economy.
鈥楧eeply negative impact鈥 of COVID pandemic, reverses SDG progress
Closing a key international development forum on Thursday, the deputy UN chief observed that a year of 鈥渋mmense challenges鈥 ...