Young people take the lead for a more sustainable future
© UNICEF/Frank Dejong Two young people take part in an urban farming initiative in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, aimed at providing affordable, nutritious food to local children and adolescents. By Vibhu Mishra More than half the world’s population is under 30, and young people are leading grassroots efforts on issues from climate action to equality. Marking International […]
‘A compass towards progress’ – but key development goals remain way off track
© IMF/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds Inequalities persist across the world including in Ghana (pictured). Global life expectancy increased by an astonishing five years between 2000 and 2019. And then since the COVID-19 pandemic, it slid backwards by almost two. More than 110 million children have entered school since 2015 – but by 2023, 272 million children still […]
Shaping a better world at Expo 2025 in Japan
UN News/Daniel Dickinson Visitors to Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan, walk around the grand ring which circles the event space. By Daniel Dickinson, Osaka, Japan How can we build a fairer, more peaceful world while safeguarding the planet? That’s the powerful question at the heart of the United Nations Pavilion at Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan. […]
Champions for Change: World football teams up with UN development goals
© UNICEF/Mustafa Abdalrasol A ten-year-old boy plays football in an internally displaced camp in Abushok, Sudan. Football unites fans worldwide – but on Wednesday it matched the sport’s global reach with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In the lead-up to World Football Day, marked on 25 May. The Football for the Goals Forum brought UN leaders and […]
Scaling up or losing steam? Parliamentarians debate the future of the SDGs
United Nations Parliamentary hearing at the United Nations. As the clock ticks toward 2030, parliamentarians gathered at UN Headquarters in New York on Thursday to assess the state of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – and the verdict was anything but unanimous. Amid deepening global debt, taxation disputes and a widening gap between ambition and […]
COP29 climate talks end with $300 billion annual pledge, Guterres calls deal a ‘base to build on’
UNFCCC/Kiara Worth | Wide shot of the plenary hall at the UN climate conference, COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan. Rich nations pledged to contribute at least $300 billion annually to the global fight against climate change as UN climate talks came to a contentious end early Sunday morning in Baku. Developing nations who had sought […]