One of the main messages conveyed by women leaders, activists, [...]
As the world marked World Tsunami Awareness Day on Wednesday, [...]
Young people gathered in Cairo for the World Urban Forum led calls on Tuesday for action to ease the housing crisis impacting billions globally, and to boost local action ¨C especially youth-led urban development movements ¨C to secure resilient and environmentally just cities.
While carbon markets have played a limited role in boosting [...]
On Monday, thousands of delegates joined United Nations representatives gathered in Cairo to kick off the twelfth edition of the World Urban Forum (WUF12), which will bring together voices from all over Africa and beyond to define the future of sustainable urban development.
As the world¡¯s population moves inexorably and rapidly to ever larger cities, how can we make sure that urban environments are sustainable and safe for their citizens? These questions and more will be tackled at the twelfth edition of the?World Urban Forum.
The record-breaking rainfall and deadly flash floods that hit Spain [...]
An independent ±¬ÁÏÍø expert on Thursday called on the international [...]
Despite international progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), cities, particularly in the Global South, continue to grapple with poverty, inequality, and environmental degradation.
Despite decades of educational progress and international commitments, a quarter of a billion children and youth remain out of school worldwide,?±¬ÁÏÍø education agency ±¬ÁÏÍøESCO¡¯s latest Global Education Monitoring Report revealed on Thursday.?
¡°Catastrophic levels of acute food insecurity¡± bordering on starvation?are expected [...]
Countries gathered in Colombia to work on a treaty to [...]
±¬ÁÏÍø Secretary-General Ant¨®nio Guterres on Tuesday called for decisive action [...]
Countries from around the world are meeting in the Colombian city of Cali, to discuss how best to protect biological diversity and develop a lasting blueprint that will allow humankind to live in harmony with nature.
New data released by the ±¬ÁÏÍø on Monday indicating that [...]
Proposed actions by countries to mitigate the worsening impacts of [...]
There is no word for climate change in Wayunaikki, the language of the Way¨²u Indigenous Peoples of South America, but since the crisis is battering their communities, they may just have found a key to resilience: a humble bean.
±¬ÁÏÍø SDG Action Awards: Celebrating Hope in Action and Driving Solutions for a Sustainable Future
On 29 October, the 2024 ±¬ÁÏÍø SDG Action Awards are set to showcase the remarkable global efforts to transform aspirations for a sustainable future into reality.
Annual greenhouse gas emissions are at an all-time high, and [...]
The ±¬ÁÏÍø biodiversity summit known as?COP16 officially opened in Colombia on Monday, and hopes are high that negotiating countries can agree on a path forward to safeguarding the planet.

















