As the groundwork for the new development agenda and its complicated lexicon, takes shape in every sector and part of the globe, companies are sharing their own roadmap for acting... read more →
Ahead of the International Day of the Girl Child on 11 October, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) yesterday released a report warning that the worldwide disparity between unpaid household... read more →
Evidence is increasing that climate change is taking the largest toll on poor and vulnerable people, and these impacts are largely caused by inequalities that increase the risks from climate... read more →
Six candidates from Africa, Asia and Europe have been nominated for the position of director general of the World Health Organization, at a time when experts have emphasized the need for... read more →
Substantial change will be required in the way global epidemics such as tuberculosis and HIV are treated if the international community is to eliminate them completely by 2030, a study has... read more →
Almost everybody has heard of the United Nations. But how many people know what it actually does? Or how it works? Or why, as world leaders gather to kick off the... read more →
Even though China and India are now the largest Internet markets on the planet, they are also among the six countries that together account for 55 per cent of the... read more →
When my family fled Kabul in the 1990s, a bloody civil war was raging in Afghanistan. After years of western support to fundamentalist militant groups, those groups had defeated the... read more →
Adult learning and education can improve health and well-being, employment opportunities and develop local communities, according to a new report from the United Nations culture and education agency. “Policy-makers will... read more →
EU bodies including the European Investment Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development are backing fossil fuel projects that threaten progress on climate targets, NGOs claim. Despite the... read more →