New World Bank Project to Bolster Climate Action in South Asia
The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved a $39.5 million project to help South Asia build resilience to climate threats and disasters...
COVID-19 will compromise the transition to clean energy without urgent stakeholder action
The coronavirus pandemic risks cancelling out recent progress in transitioning to clean energy, with unprecedented falls in demand, price volatility and pressure to quickly...
UNEP steps up work on zoonotics, protecting environment to reduce pandemic risks
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is stepping up its work on mapping zoonotic threat and protecting the environment to reduce the risk of future...
‘Urgency to act’ for sustainable development, greater than ever as pandemic continues
As COVID-19 upends lives and livelihoods across the planet, the UN on Monday held a wide-ranging policy discussion stressing a range of multilateral solutions...
Covid-19 recovery fund must be embedded in EU long-term budget
MEPs discuss plans to reboot Europe’s economy in light of Covid-19 on Wednesday and vote on a resolution later in the week. Learn more...
Harnessing tech to employ last-mile tree planters in a COVID-19 world
The year 2020 started with such optimism and hope for nature-based solutions and environmental sustainability.
Environmental, social and governance investments were high on the agenda at...
Reuniting with Birth Family: How to Search for your Biological Relatives
Adoption in the United States is much more common than people think. According to the US Census Bureau, one in every twenty-five families with...
World Tourism Remains At a Standstill as 100% of Countries Impose Restrictions on Travel
COVID-19 has placed the whole world on lockdown, with new research from the World Tourism Organization showing that 100% of global destinations continue to...
75 years on from the Nazi defeat, many still suffer impact of conflict
On 8 and 9 May, the UN commemorates the millions who lost their lives during the Second World War, the tragic conflict that led...
‘Humanitarian catastrophe’ looms in Haiti, threatening years of progress as COVID-19 takes hold
The COVID-19 outbreak could trigger a humanitarian catastrophe in Haiti, endangering many years of hard-won progress in the Caribbean nation, the Economic and Social...