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...
Mineral Production to Soar as Demand for Clean Energy Increases
A new World Bank Group report finds that the production of minerals, such as graphite, lithium and cobalt, could increase by nearly 500% by...
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...
The impact of the COVID-19 on e-commerce and its interplay with cybersecurity and privacy
Due to the COVID-19 emergency, this year, the UNCTAD’s E-commerce Week was conducted over Webex videoconferencing from 27 April-1 May 2020. The conference convened...