How men can play an active role in promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment
International Gender Champions and Heads of the
Vienna-based United Nations organizations have discussed how men can play an
active role in promoting gender equality.
The event, held...
Beijing air improvements provide model for other cities
More than 20 years after Beijing began looking for ways to improve air
quality in one of the largest and fastest growing cities in the...
Education remains an impossible dream for many refugees and migrants
The older refugee and migrant children get, the less
likely it is that they will get a quality education: less than a quarter of the
world’s...
Making it circular: The role of industries in circular cities
The United Nations Industrial Development
Organization, together with the Permanent Missions of Austria, Ecuador,
Slovenia, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and UNDESA, has organized an event,
“Making it...
International Women’s Day 2019: More equality, but change is too slow
On the occasion of this year's
International Women's Day, the Commission has published its 2019 report on
equality between women and men in the EU. The...
The Danger of Extremism
Let’s face it - we as the human race have to share this world, and
adjust ourselves accordingly.
Each and every societal group, just like...
Getting the interpretation of 2008 India-Pak Bilateral Agreement right and its relevance in Jhadav Case
On 21st February 2019, International Court of Justice finished it
hearing the arguments of India and Pakistan on Jadhav Case and cases is
reserved for deliberation....
It is time to fix the broken nitrogen cycle
From breathtaking advances in synthetic biology to
pitfalls in climate adaptation, UN Environment’s latest Frontiers report, launched today,
explores the biggest emerging environmental issues that will...
Fifty Shades of Green
Climate change has long turned from a narrow
environmental problem into a significant factor affecting economic processes
around the globe. Temperatures on the planet have risen...
Government Inaction While Reports Signal a Climate Crisis
In the wake
of climate-fueled disasters and several alarming reports on climate change, a
gap is evident -- a gap between how the world is responding...