Key Stakeholders Call for Collective Action to Finance a Just and Urgent Energy Transition
Coal-fired power plants generated 9 billion tons of carbon emissions worldwide in 2020, representing 26% of global carbon emissions and nearly three-quarters of emissions...
Bulgaria Joins the International Development Association
Bulgaria today signed the Articles of Agreement of the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA), joining a global coalition of development partners committed to...
Alliance for Clean Air: Private Sector Commitment to Reducing Air Pollution
Ten companies have today launched the Alliance for Clean Air, the first global corporate initiative to bring together leading businesses to tackle air pollution....
62 journalists killed in 2020, just for doing their jobs
In 2020 alone, according to UN cultural agency UNESCO, which works to protect media workers, 62 journalists were killed just for doing their jobs. Between 2006 and 2020, over 1,200 professionals lost...
Act now to stamp out child labour by 2025
Effective action and strong leadership are essential to end child labour by 2025, the head of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on...
Mediation efforts to resolve Sudan crisis underway
Multiple mediation efforts are underway in Sudan one week after the military seized power, UN Special Representative for the country, Volker Perthes, told journalists...
Financial Institutions and Agribusinesses Commit $3 Billion to Sustainable Production
The Innovative Finance for the Amazon, Cerrado and Chaco (IFACC) initiative launched by The Nature Conservancy, Tropical Forest Alliance from The World Economic Forum,...
COP26: More than 100 countries commit to halt and reverse deforestation by 2030
A pivotal pledge to save and restore our planet’s forests was officially announced on the second day of the COP26 World Leaders Summit, and...
President of Kazakhstan gives green light to cryptocurrency mining
The President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, held a meeting with the Minister of Energy of Kazakhstan, Magzum Mirzagaliyev, during which cryptocurrency mining and the...
Past 7 years set to be warmest on record, sea level at new high
Record greenhouse gas concentrations have pushed the planet into uncharted territory, with repercussions likely for current and future generations, warned the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) this Sunday.
The past seven years...