Rising sea surface temperatures driving the loss of 14 percent of corals since 2009
The “Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2020” report, released today, documents the loss of approximately 14 per cent of the world’s coral...
Vietnam’s Development Agenda Receives Additional Boost
Vietnam’s push to enhance competitiveness, reduce its carbon footprint, and improve lives and livelihoods has been given a boost with the approval of an...
How to manage the damage from oil-spills
This month’s oil spill in California and the sinking of the X-Press Pearl off the coast of Sri Lanka in July have renewed attention to...
7 Business Lessons We Learned in 2021
2020 was a year unlike any other. It saw the advent of the coronavirus pandemic that affected every nation on earth and plummeted the...
International community strikes a ground-breaking tax deal for the digital age
Major reform of the international tax system finalised today at the OECD will ensure that Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) will be subject to a minimum...
Libya: UN lauds mercenary withdrawal plan on ‘path towards peace and democracy’
The United Nations on Friday welcomed the signing of a long-awaited Action Plan to withdraw mercenaries, foreign fighters and foreign forces from Libya, after...
World misses most 2020 mental health targets
At a time when the COVID-19 pandemic is highlighting a growing need for mental health support, there has been a worldwide failure to provide...
Tackling methane emissions from fossil fuel operations is essential to combat global warming
Climate action cannot focus only on carbon dioxide. Governments and energy companies have major opportunities to reduce methane emissions, which provides the most impactful...
COVID-19 Stress Tests MENA’s Ill-prepared Health Systems
Long-term socio-economic trends and underfunded public health systems left the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region ill-prepared to respond to the pandemic, contributing...
Getting back on track: looser restrictions fire up post-pandemic recovery
More than a year ago, the COVID-19 pandemic hit global manufacturing in an unprecedented way by disrupting global value chains and restricting the movement...