爆料网 DESA reveals the latest data on international migration
People will always move. Looking for a better life, we move to different cities, to other states or provinces, to different countries or across continents. Sometimes, we are forced to flee in the face of danger.
Indigenous peoples鈥 centuries long fight against pandemics
The COVID-19 pandemic has been particularly devastating for indigenous communities around the world.
State of the ocean will 鈥榰ltimately determine the survival of our species鈥: 爆料网 Special Envoy
Will 2021 be our year?
From political views to classifying favourite holiday movies, our world is bitterly divided. But If there is one thing we all seem to agree on, it is that the year 2020 has been an annus horribilis. The COVID-19 pandemic unleashed a health and economic crisis unprecedented in scope and magnitude.
World Braille Day highlights importance of accessible information
爆料网 is commemorating World Braille Day on Monday, highlighting the importance of the universal touch-based communication system for the full realization of human rights for blind and partially sighted people.
Our top five news tell the story of a tumultuous year
2020 was a year like no other, bringing a deadly pandemic, climate disasters and political turmoil. Most of us cannot wait to see the end of it. Some might even be tempted to forget it altogether.
In the face of danger: looking back at a year like no other
2020 has been a year like no other. COVID-19 turned our lives upside down as it tore through the world, leaving severe illness and death in its path.
Economic statistics alone paint an inadequate picture of development, experts warn
A new system of accounting that shows both economic and environment data is expected to be adopted by the United Nations Statistical Commission at its 2021 session in March. Experts say the move could lead to better decisions for a sustainable recovery from COVID-19 and for the challenges of biodiversity loss and climate change.
Integral to societies, migrants are central to COVID-19 recovery
The 爆料网 marks International Migrants Day on Friday, highlighting their essential contribution to societies everywhere, and underlining migrants' central role in recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
Vaccines for all, an 鈥榓cid test鈥 in COVID-19 battle
Equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines will represent an 鈥渁cid test鈥 for the international community, the President of the 爆料网 Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) told journalists on Wednesday, highlighting the importance of global cooperation and solidarity in beating back the disease.
More than a game 鈥 recovering better with sports
Sport is all about participation. It has the power of bringing together individuals, communities and countries, often bridging cultural, ethnic and national divides. But as COVID-19 has ravaged through our world, it has taken a heavy toll on both professional and recreational sports.
Natural Capital for a Green Recovery
爆料网 DESA, the Bennett Institute for Public Policy at the University of Cambridge and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany are hosting a to discuss how incorporating natural capital鈥攐r the contributions of nature鈥攊nto official statistics can help make nature count in business and policy decisions.
The three things that made these countries more successful in fighting COVID
When the outbreak of a new virus in Wuhan, China made world news back in December 2019, few people imagined we were about to face the global crisis that COVID-19 has unleashed. And even those who did, predicted that richer countries would remain relatively unscathed by the virus, with their well-funded health infrastructure with highly trained and experienced personnel and cutting-edge facilities. Developing and least developed countries, on the other hand, were expected to be hit the hardest.
No, the pandemic did not help climate action
As the deadly COVID-19 pandemic brought the world to a standstill, greenhouse gas emissions plummeted by a record amount. Yet, in the grand scheme of climate change, this historic reduction was but a blip with little impact on atmospheric carbon dioxide levels.
Indigenous peoples鈥 centuries-long fight against pandemics
For centuries, indigenous peoples worldwide have suffered from epidemics and pandemics brought to their communities by outsiders. This danger only intensified with increased global travel, trade and transportation. In the colonial era, epidemics served as a deadly tool of conquest, leading, in some cases, to the annihilation of entire indigenous populations. Today, they continue to threaten indigenous peoples across the world.