G20 leadership required to catalyze private capital inflow for nature-based solutions
G20 country investments in nature-based solutions (NbS) need to reach USD 285 billion/year by 2050 to address the interrelated climate, biodiversity, and land degradation...
Slovenia should reform its pension system to address rapidly ageing population
Slovenia should encourage people to work longer and reform its pensions system in order to make it financially sustainable while preserving pensioners’ living standards,...
ADB to Develop Prototype for Cross-Border Securities Transaction System Using Blockchain
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has launched a project to make cross-border securities transactions in Asia and the Pacific more efficient and secure through...
First Latin American e-waste report published
According to a new report produced under UNIDO’s Latin America and the Caribbean e-waste project, only three per cent of Latin America’s e-waste is reported as...
Romania: Boosting productivity and human capital will foster economic growth
Accelerating the pace of structural reform, investing EU funds effectively while ensuring good fiscal management will help strengthen the recovery and future growth, which...
Europe: electric car sales surpass diesel
In a milestone for the environment, Europeans purchased more electric cars than those powered by diesel last month. According to recent data, over 20...
Marine reserve in Latin America brings hope but conservation challenges remain
The creation this month of a new marine reserve in Ecuador will secure a biological corridor for endangered species, including sea turtles, manta rays,...
Northern Ethiopia: A record 9 million now need food assistance
After 15 months of conflict in Ethiopia, almost 40 per cent of Tigrayans are suffering an extreme lack of food, according to data released by the...
Trade between Iran, Russia likely to break record
The trade turnover between Russia and Iran is likely to reach record-breaking $4 billion as of 2021 year-end, Russian Trade Representative in Iran Rustam...
King Mohammed VI of Morocco launches Pan-African Giant Vaccine Production Plant
Morocco is getting ready to produce its own vaccines. In Benslimane, King Mohammed VI kicked off on Thursday 27th of January the construction of...