Preparations for the third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3) have wind in their sails. From 14 to 15 January 2025, the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) in ...

The world’s political and business elite present in Davos on Wednesday faced an uncompromising address from UN chief António Guterres as he rounded on a lack of multilateral collaboration in an ...

Wetlands are ecosystems, in which water is the primary factor controlling the environment and the associated plant and animal life. A broad definition of wetlands includes both freshwater and ...

Se define «el desarrollo sostenible como la satisfacción de «las necesidades de la generación presente sin comprometer la capacidad de las generaciones futuras para satisfacer sus propias ...

Clean energy is crucial for reaching net zero emissions by 2050 and protecting the climate and our natural world. A just and inclusive energy transition is key to limiting global heating to 1.5 ...

Women and girls continue to face discrimination, gender stereotypes and societal biases dictating their place in society, ...

Countries are eligible to enter or leave the LDC category if they meet the defined inclusion or graduation thresholds of the criteria. The graduation thresholds are set higher than the thresholds ...

Melissa Fleming is the United Nations' Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications as of 1 September 2019. Celeste Saulo has always been fascinated by the weather. Now Secretary-General of ...

Mark Carney is the UN Special Envoy on Climate Action and Finance, coming from a distinguished career in finance that included serving as Governor of the Bank of England. In a recent interview, he ...

As the MDGs era comes to a conclusion with the end of the year, 2016 ushers in the official launch of the bold and transformative 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by world leaders ...

Nuestro mundo se enfrenta a múltiples desafíos, tragedias, desigualdades e injusticias, y muchas de ellas están vinculadas a la corrupción. Con 1.900 millones de jóvenes en el mundo, la lucha ...

Geneva (WMO – The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has confirmed that 2024 is the warmest year on record, based on six international datasets. The past ten years have all been in the Top Ten, ...