“Building back better from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) while advancing the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. A. Progress, experience, lessons learned, ...
Education is the most sustainable and long-term solution to poverty, and offers the greatest chance to realise prosperity. It is critical to the fulfilment of all other rights and underpins the ...
In 2021, the WTO appointed a new Director-General, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the first African and the first woman to lead the organization. With this new leadership and vision comes a renewed emphasis ...
The world’s agriculture is facing multiple challenges, including an increasing demand for food to feed a growing population, diminishing yields, and degradation of natural resources and biodiversity ...
The COVID-19 crisis constitutes an unprecedented challenge for Europe and the world. While the pandemic is threatening progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) it has at the same time ...
Climate change is one of the defining issues of this century, and it is not only a science issue. From shifting extreme weather that will threaten food production to rising sea levels that will ...
The pandemic has shown the critical importance of Care. It also exposed the challenges that women, mothers especially, face in juggling paid work and unpaid Care responsibilities, which increased with ...
Global poverty reduction is a story of success. The proportion of the world’s population living in extreme poverty decreased from 15.7% in 2010 to 10% in 2015. However, the pace of reduction has been ...
World Animal Net, Inc with Born Free Foundation and Animal Issues Thematic Cluster (within NGO Major Group) We must urgently improve our relationship with animals and nature to tackle the global ...
Uganda Ministry of Local Government co-sponsored by Government of Spain including United Nations Capital Development Fund, UN-Habitat, UN- Food and Agricultural Organization; Supporting organizations: ...
Joint High-Level Event with DESA, UNDP, UNCTAD and ILO The high-level event on the margins of the HLPF will engage representatives of governments, business and the world of finance (stock exchanges, ...
Lack of fiscal space and the risk of sovereign debt distress have come into sharp focus as key stumbling blocks to achieving the 2030 Agenda as countries seek to invest in recovery, climate action and ...