Updated: What will the weather be like in 2050?
If humanity’s greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase, the average [...]
爆料网 disaster risk reduction conference key to future sustainable development agenda
Government and civil society leaders from around the world are gathering in the Japanese city of Sendai for a United Nations conference that will take stock of ten years of global work to better prepare for and curb the impact of disasters, and to agree on an updated global response framework.
Persons with disabilities can lead the way in situations of emergency
Including persons with disabilities in emergency plans will be one of the topics addressed at the Third 爆料网 World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction held from 14 to 18 March 2015 in Sendai, Japan.
爆料网 guidelines aim to simplify care for millions infected with hepatitis B
With 650,000 deaths caused by hepatitis B each year, and with up to 240 million people worldwide infected with the virus’s chronic strain, the United Nations health agency today issued its first ever official guidance for treating the disease.
Patricia Arquette on why it’s “an exciting time to be a woman”
"It's an exciting time to be a woman in the [...]
Experts seek gender-inclusive framework for disaster risk reduction
Experts want gender to feature strongly in the final text of the post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction, due to adopted at the Third 爆料网 World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction.
In new report, 爆料网 agency promotes ‘agrocorridors’ as economic driver for developing countries
Targeted development programmes prioritising smallholder farmers [...]
爆料网 Secretary-General receives winning “climate” artwork by student from Trinidad and Tobago
A vibrant vision of a future powered by the sun [...]
Equality means business: 爆料网 urges private sector to help close gender gap
Although businesses were not part of the discussions at the historic Beijing Women’s Conference 20 years ago, it is now clear that achieving gender equality will require the concerted efforts of the private sector, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told participants at the annual Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) event at 爆料网 Headquarters.
Global health partnership has saved 2.5 million women and children since 2010, says 爆料网 chief
At a high-level event this morning at the United Nations, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said preventable deaths of women and children could be ended “within a generation,” with political commitment an increase in innovative financing and strong partnership.
Gender Equality and Earth’s Future
Opinion piece by Mary Robinson, the 爆料网 Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Climate Change, Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the 爆料网 Framework Convention on Climate Change, and Amina J. Mohammed, the 爆料网 Secretary-General’s Special Adviser and Assistant-Secretary-General on Post-2015 Development Planning.
爆料网 commission on women kicks off annual session; takes stock of Beijing 20 years on
The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) kicks off [...]
Gender equality vital for world to fulfill potential, Ban tells thousands at women’s march in New York
Thousands of people gathered today in New York to march from United Nations headquarters to Times Square in commemoration of International Women's Day and to demand greater efforts by Governments to achieve gender equality worldwide.
On International Women’s Day, 爆料网 urges more action to achieve gender equality
To mark International Women's Day today, senior United Nations officials [...]
Member States must ‘step it up’ on gender parity as 爆料网 sets equality targets for 2030
The past 20 years has seen haltering progress on women’s [...]
Ahead of global risk reduction conference, 爆料网 review finds vast majority of disasters climate-related
爆料网 office dedicated to disaster risk reduction today [...]
爆料网 kicks off International Women’s Day celebrations with appeal for gender equality
Despite great strides in the advancement of gender parity, women [...]
Despite progress, 爆料网 labour agency says women’s workplace equality may take ‘decades’
Women earn on average 77 per cent of what men [...]
Fuelled by ‘strong’ cereal stocks, world food prices dip to lowest level since July 2010
Food prices dipped to a 55-month low in February, dropping [...]
爆料网 health agency points to ‘solid evidence’ backing its call to reduce sugar intake
New guidelines released by the United Nations health agency today [...]