Uruguay first to ratify ILO Violence and Harassment Convention
Uruguay has become the first country to ratify the ILO’s Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190) , a year after it was adopted by...
UNIDO and the IAEA sign agreement to expand cooperation
The Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), LI Yong, and the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi, today...
Convergence report reviews Member States’ progress towards joining the euro area
The European Commission has published the 2020 convergence report in which it provides its assessment of the progress non-euro area Member States have made...
Blue sectors contribute to the recovery and pave way for EU Green Deal
European Commission published “The EU Blue Economy Report 2020”, providing an overview of the performance of the EU economic sectors related to oceans and...
Georgia pushes to bolster its food security
With reports suggesting COVID-19 could spark food shortages around the world, food systems experts and United Nations officials say countries must increase the resilience...
Vietnam: Strategic Partnership Between Phu Yen Province and The World Bank
The World Bank and the People’s Committee of Phu Yen Province today signed a Memorandum of Understanding, establishing a partnership for strategic engagements during...
Mine 2020: global Top 40 mining companies resilient in face of COVID-19
The global Top 40 mining companies are so far weathering the COVID-19 crisis but should take advantage of relative stability to adopt strategies to...
The importance of digital resilience in times of crisis
EU Commission released the results of the 2020 Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI), which monitors Europe's overall digital performance and tracks the progress...
EU defines green investments to boost sustainable finance
To boost the shift towards eco-friendly investment the EU is introducing rules to define what qualifies as green or sustainable activities.
During the June plenary...
Throughout COVID-19 recovery, ‘plummeting’ clean energy costs can help climate action
COVID-19 hits the fossil fuel industry, a new UN report published on Wednesday shows that renewable energy is more cost-effective than ever – providing...