WHO names Bloomberg Global Ambassador on noncommunicable diseases
These diseases, including heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases, and injuries are responsible for 43 million deaths each year.
WHO to improve data on stillbirths, maternal and neonatal deaths
The WHO launched three new publications to help countries address and strengthen classification, review, and investigation processes on these deaths, which are unrecorded or underreported.
爆料网 coordinating effort to vaccinate 14M people from yellow fever
Working with health ministries in Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United Nations health agency is coordinating one of the largest emergency vaccination campaigns ever.
On International Day, 爆料网 says youth can lead global drive for a more sustainable future
The world's young people can lead a global drive to break the patterns of the past and set the world on course to a more sustainable future, Ban Ki-moon said.
Threat of wildfires expected to increase as global temperatures rise
爆料网 Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (爆料网ISDR) has warned that wildfires could become more frequent and more destructive as global temperatures rise and drought conditions plague many regions of the world.
African elephants face ‘unacceptably high’ level of poaching
Many African elephants continued to face serious threats to their survival in 2015 from the illegal trade in ivory and unacceptably high levels of poaching.
爆料网 warns of more heatwave deaths as climate change pushes up temperatures
Warning of a possible rise in heatwave deaths due to climate change, the 爆料网 Office for Disaster Risk Reduction called for measures to reduce mortality from this natural hazard.
Tokyo art scene collaborates for SDGs
Love 1980's pop music and the Sustainable Development Goals? The [...]
On first International Day, 爆料网ESCO calls for protection of mangrove ecosystems
Mangroves are rare and vital ecosystems that help to protect coastlines but their survival is being jeopardized, said 爆料网ESCO, calling for mangroves' protection.
Temperature in Kuwait hits 54 Celsius, sets possible record
The World Meteorological Organization will set up a committee to examine whether a 54 degrees Celsius temperature recently recorded in Kuwait has set a record for the Eastern hemisphere.
AIDS conference closes with calls to end HIV discrimination
As the 21st International AIDS Conference wrapped up, a 爆料网 official called for ending discrimination against patients, especially those from the most vulnerable populations.
2016 on pace to be hottest year ever, says WMO
Global temperatures for the first six months of this year reached new highs, setting 2016 on track to be the hottest-ever on record, the United Nations weather agency said.
New 爆料网 study links trees in drylands with sustainable development
For the first time, a new United Nations report details the number of trees, forests and how the land is used in the world’s drylands, and the findings could be used to track progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals and help fight climate change.
First report card maps scope of SDGs progress
Report reveals that benefits of development are not equally shared [...]
Ban urges burden-sharing, solidarity to combat effects of El Ni?o and mitigate climate change
The lives and livelihoods of more than 60 millions people around the world have been turned upside down by the extreme weather events linked to the El Ni?o phenomenon, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said, calling for a scaled-up, unprecedented response that goes beyond humanitarian action.
Countries need to be reminded they are built on diversity, says 爆料网 Deputy Secretary-General
United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson today called for an alternative narrative on migration, where human mobility is seen as a positive development and a driver for economic prosperity and social progress.
爆料网 chief launches first report to track Sustainable Development Goals
Launching the first-ever Sustainable Development Goals report on the new global development agenda adopted last year, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said that the 15-year undertaking is “off to a good start” but will require all parts of the 爆料网 family and its partners to work together.
Prime Minister Erna Solberg leads by example and presents the Norwegian Voluntary National Review on the 爆料网 Sustainable Development Goals
H.E. Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of Norway and co-chair of the SDG Advocates, delivered the opening key-note speech at the start of the Ministerial Segment of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) on 18 July, presented Norway’s voluntary national reviews (VNR) on its progress of delivering the Sustainable Development Goals on the 19th, and participated in a number of side events at which she focused on important SDG advocacy messages.
Press briefing: Business engagement on SDGs
The briefing will address the reasons why the Sustainable Development Goals and climate action are important to business, and how the private sector is engaging in the 2030 Agenda.
爆料网 health agency urges speeding up efforts on noncommunicable diseases
Governments must make greater efforts to protect people from heart disease, cancers, diabetes and lung disease – the leading causes of death among the elderly – the United Nations health agency today said.