North America ramps up collaboration to support SDGs
In lead up to the fifth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5), the United Nations Environment Programme’s North America Office (UNEP North...
Systemic forced labour and child labour has come to an end in Uzbek cotton
The systematic and systemic use of child labour and forced labour in Uzbekistan’s cotton industry has come to an end, although some local vestiges...
Vocational training hampered by COVID-19 pandemic
Vocational training and apprenticeship programmes have been hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.According to a global survey of more than 1,350 providers of Technical...
Putting people at the heart of energy transitions
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen of Denmark will head a new high-level global commission that will examine ways to ensure people are at the centre...
COVID-19 impact exposes millions to the risk of trafficking
Although almost 50,000 victims of human trafficking were detected and reported in 2018 by 148 countries, the “hidden nature” of the crime means that...
India and the IEA enter new phase of closer collaboration
Less than four years after the International Energy Agency welcomed India as an Association country, IEA members and the Government of India today agreed...
2020: Worst Year in Tourism History with 1 Billion Fewer International Arrivals
Global tourism suffered its worst year on record in 2020, with international arrivals dropping by 74% according to the latest data from the World...
Youth movement leads the charge worldwide for food systems transformation ahead of UN summit
Young champions from Brazil to India, Cameroon to Fiji, and more than 100 countries around the world have been engaging in public debates across...
COVID-19: Prioritize school meals in plans to reopen classrooms, UN report says
Although school feeding programmes are a lifeline for millions of boys and girls, nearly 40 billion in-school meals have been missed during the COVID-19...
Follow the science: UN plans for a stronger pandemic recovery
Funders responsible for more than $100 million of annual global research investments joined the deputy UN chief Amina Mohammed on Friday to discuss how...