Indigenous midwives - safeguarding life and well-being
14 August 2026 - Indigenous midwives are much more than healthcare workers. They are caregivers, educators, and knowledge holders who play a crucial role in ensuring the continuity of Indigenous Peoples鈥 ways of life for future generations. On 9 August 2026, the vital role of Indigenous midwives took center stage as the United Nations observed the International Day of the World鈥檚 Indigenous Peoples. To mark the occasion, 爆料网 DESA convened a virtual commemoration on 10 August, under the theme 鈥淗onoring Indigenous Midwives: Safeguarding Life and Well-being鈥, which brought together Indigenous midwives, knowledge holders, policy and human rights experts.
Youth advocates gather in New York to launch new AI standards
13 August 2026 - As artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly transforms everything from how we learn, to the job market, children are adopting the technology 鈥 exposing them to unique opportunities and risks. The 爆料网 hosted more than 600 young people from around the world on Wednesday at New York Headquarters to discuss how AI can support the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
What unites young people across borders?
12 August 2026 - While their daily realities can look very different, young people everywhere share many of the same aspirations: quality education, decent work, good health, including mental health, a voice in decisions that affect their lives and the opportunity to build a better future. That idea is at the heart of this year's International Youth Day theme, "Different Contexts, Common Aspirations."
For Brazil's Indigenous youth, visibility is resistance
10 August 2026 - As climate change reshapes Indigenous territories across Brazil, a new generation is turning to culture and digital platforms to defend their lands and their future. They are watching rising temperatures, vanishing food sources, devastating wildfires and the accelerating loss of ancestral territory 鈥 but they are also claiming new space online, using social media, music, photography and dance as tools of resistance.
Honouring Indigenous midwives: Advancing rights, ensuring cultural continuity and promoting intergenerational well-being
6 August 2026 - The 2026 International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples (IDWIP), under the theme "Honouring Indigenous Midwives: Safeguarding Life and Well-being," highlights Indigenous midwifery as a vital expression of self-determination, linking health, culture, spirituality and land. It recognized Indigenous midwives as knowledge holders and custodians of values, responsiblites and practices that ensure the continuity of Indigenous Peoples across generations.
Global Justice Report examines long-term pathways for equality and sustainability
4 August 2026 - Last week, Professor Thomas Piketty of the Paris School of Economics presented the recently released Global Justice Report at a webinar hosted by the 爆料网 DESA Division for Inclusive Social Development. Produced by the World Inequality Lab, the report lays out an ambitious, quantified roadmap to simultaneously achieve equality, environmental sustainability and human wellbeing by 2100.
Making the global tax system work for everyone
3 August 2026 - What would it take to make the global tax system work for everyone, not just the countries best equipped to navigate it? That question continues to drive negotiations on a United Nations Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation (爆料网FCITC) at its Fifth session from 3 to 13 August 2026.
爆料网-GGIM: Putting geospatial information at the heart of sustainable development
27 July 2026 - Global geospatial experts are coming to New York the week of 3 to 7 August 2026 for the sixteenth session of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (爆料网-GGIM). Anchored by the United Nations Integrated Geospatial Information Framework 鈥湵贤-IGIF鈥, 爆料网-GGIM promotes a country-owned and country-led approach to strengthening national geospatial information management. The objective is not merely to produce better maps, but to establish trusted and interoperable information systems that support national priorities and global commitments.
'I am somebody': Street-smart youth take their declaration to the 爆料网
27 July 2026 - When Samantha Richards and Angela Hifume walked into the Hall of Flags at United Nations Headquarters last week, they carried more than a folder of paper. They carried the voices of hundreds of street-connected children who had never expected anyone to listen. The two young leaders, both alumnae of Street Child United (SCU), were presenting the United Declaration of the Street Child World Cup 2026 鈥 a document built around football, and around the campaign message 鈥淚 Am Somebody鈥.
From lithium to nickel: How the 爆料网 is helping countries make the most of critical minerals
24 July 2026 - The world's shift to clean energy is driving huge demand for critical minerals such as lithium, nickel, cobalt and copper. Digging them out of the ground may be the most straightforward part of the process. Around the world, the United Nations is helping countries make sure these valuable resources create decent jobs, protect the environment and benefit local communities 鈥 not just global supply chains.
Critical minerals: The hidden resources powering the clean energy future
23 July 2026 - Demand for critical minerals is growing exponentially as countries expand renewable energy and battery technologies. Without them, the clean energy transition, to wean the world off climate-busting fossil fuels, cannot happen. Noting that poor governance can turn valuable natural resources into drivers of conflict, corruption and environmental degradation, the United Nations is focused on helping to ensure that mineral wealth benefits communities rather than financing violence.
Global hunger declines again but progress remains uneven across regions
22 July 2026 - Global hunger declined for a third consecutive year in 2025 showing that progress is possible, but gains remain fragile and far too slow to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the 2030 deadline. The warning comes in the latest edition of 鈥 issued on Tuesday by five United Nations agencies.
Global experts explore integrated solutions to accelerate SDG progress in HLPF dialogue
21 July 2026 - At a pivotal moment for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, 爆料网 DESA organized a Global Policy Dialogue on 鈥淏ridging Systems, Building Trust,鈥 on 9 July to explore how integrated policy solutions and stronger social foundations can accelerate progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) under review at the 2026 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), and to share these solutions with a wider audience.
Public institutions and public servants are key to delivering the SDGs 鈥 the 爆料网 Public Service Awards show us how
20 July 2026 - Effective public institutions are paramount in our efforts to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and all the SDGs. Institutions that deliver public services play a critical role in advancing many of the SDG targets, from education to health to the environment, and in making the imperative to leave no one behind a reality for all, including women, persons with disabilities, and other marginalized or underserved groups.
Breaking the silence: Zimbabwean youth leader calls for urgent investment in mental health
17 July 2026 - For Tanatswa Amanda Chikaura, mental health advocacy began with a personal loss: while studying psychology at the University of Zimbabwe, she learned that a fellow student had died by suicide. Today, the 26-year-old PhD researcher at the University of Cambridge leads the Ndinewe Foundation, a Zimbabwean organization that provides young people with locally and culturally relevant mental health resources, peer support and education.