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#6084

United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation

12 September 2021, New York, United States of America

Meeting
#6083

International Youth Day

12 August 2021, New York, United States of America

Meeting
#6082

International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples

9 August 2021, New York, United States of America

News Headlines
#129796
2021-07-29

UNESCO awards Gabon's Ivindo park World Heritage status

Gabon's Ivindo National Park was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site on Wednesday in recognition of the nation's success in defending biodiversity and challenging climate change.

Meeting
#6154

2021 UN FOOD SYSTEMS PRE-SUMMIT

26 - 28 July 2021, Virtual, Rome, Italy

News Headlines
#129634
2021-07-23

Extreme weather events put spotlight on climate change's toll on US infrastructure

In New Delhi on a visit, Abdulla Shahid said in a speech that the central theme of the 76th session of the UN, expected to start from 15 September, would be recovery

Meeting
#6081

Nelson Mandela International Day

18 July 2021, Online, New York, United States of America

Meeting
#6140

42nd Session of the FAO Conference

14 - 18 June 2021, Online, Rome, Italy

Meeting
#6078

World Oceans Day

8 June 2021, New York, United States of America

News Headlines
#129159
2021-06-08

End war on nature and ensure ocean health, UN chief says in message for World Oceans Day

The annual commemoration on 8 June is a reminder of the major role oceans have in everyday life as “the lungs of our Planet” and as a source of food and medicine.

News Headlines
#129172
2021-06-08

Maldives foreign minister to be next UN assembly president

Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid of the Maldives won election as the next president of the UN General Assembly on Monday, and pledged to push for equal access to coronavirus vaccines, a stronger and greener economic recovery, and stepped up efforts to tackle climate change.

Meeting
#6077

World Environment Day

6 June 2021, Nairobi, Kenya

News Headlines
#129035
2021-06-02

Life Below Water – the UN Calls for Action on Ocean Protection

President of the United Nations General Assembly Volkan Bozkir has told a high-level debate on oceans that the world cannot afford to delay action on ocean protection. “There is simply no scenario wherein we live on a planet without an ocean,” he said.

Meeting
#6076

World Bee Day

20 May 2021, New York, United States of America

Meeting
#6075

World Migratory Bird Day (May)

8 May 2021, Online, Bonn, Germany

Meeting
#6072

International Mother Earth Day: "When Mother Earth sends us a message"

22 April 2021, Online, New York, United States of America

Meeting
#6074
Meeting
#6071

World Water Day: "Valuing Water"

22 March 2021, Online, New York, United States of America

News Headlines
#127742
2021-03-22

World Water Day 2021

Globally, 2.2 billion people (almost one in three people) have no access to clean, safe water. World Water Day allows us to educate and inform people about worldwide domestic and industrial water wastage. World Water Day also supports the core goal of Water and Sanitation for All by 2030. AZoCle ...

News Headlines
#127743
2021-03-22

World Water Day 2021: Dia Mirza Shares An Alarming Fact About Year 2040

New Delhi: Dia Mirza, on the occasion of World Water Day 2021, shared a message spreading awareness about nature. The actress brought attention to the burning issue of water scarcity. Speaking about saving freshwater for the future generation, Dia wrote, "1 in 4 children will live with water sca ...

News Headlines
#127744
2021-03-22

World Water Day 2021: Narendra Modi to launch Jal Shakti Abhiyan; history, theme and significance

By 2050, the UN says up to 5.7 billion people could be living in areas that experience water scarcity for at least a month in the year

News Headlines
#127757
2021-03-22

Protecting what we value: World Water Day in Asean

The theme of this year’s celebration of World Water Day, commemorated today (Mar 22) is “Valuing Water,” which highlights the vital role of water sources – from our health and well-being to the sustainability of our society’s economic growth and development, notes Dr Theresa Mundita S. Lim, Exec ...

Meeting
#6070

International Day of Forests

21 March 2021, Online, New York, United States of America

News Headlines
#127739
2021-03-19

World Water Day 2021 highlights dire predictions of growing scarcity

About four billion people experience severe water shortages for at least one month a year, and around 1.6 billion — almost a quarter of the world's population — have problems accessing a clean, safe water supply, according to the United Nations.

News Headlines
#127651
2021-03-10

World failing to take green Covid recovery path: UN

The world is missing a once-in-a-generation chance to rebuild a sustainable post-pandemic future, the United Nations said Wednesday in an assessment showing less than 20 percent of recovery finance can be considered "green".

Meeting
#6069
News Headlines
#127567
2021-03-05

UNEP says hunger elimination target in peril amid surging food waste

The quest to eradicate extreme hunger and malnutrition globally is in peril as 931 million tons, or 17 percent, of food available to consumers go to waste, the UN Environment Program (UNEP) has said in a new report.

News Headlines
#127568
2021-03-05

UN: 17% food produced globally goes to waste

Nearly a billion tons of food were wasted around the world in 2019, the same year when 690 million people were impacted by hunger, according to a study that links food waste to global warming

News Headlines
#127510
2021-03-04

UN chief calls for protection of forests, wildlife

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called for the protection of forests and forest species, which provide livelihoods for the poor and for indigenous communities.

News Headlines
#127516
2021-03-04

People wasting almost 1bn tonnes of food a year, UN report reveals

People waste almost a billion tonnes of food a year, a UN report has revealed. It is the most comprehensive assessment to date and found waste was about double the previous best estimate.

News Headlines
#127539
2021-03-04

Farmers and rights groups boycott food summit over big business links

An international food summit to address growing hunger and diet-related disease is in disarray as hundreds of farmers’ and human rights groups are planning a boycott.

News Headlines
#127458
2021-03-02

The UN Environment Programme needs new powers

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) will be 50 next year. But the globe’s green watchdog, which helped to create the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), very nearly didn’t exist.

News Headlines
#127303
2021-02-24

Swiss champion joint efforts to tackle climate change

Speaking at an online conference of the United Nations Security Council, Cassis called for joint efforts to bolster security and stability in the world.

News Headlines
#127267
2021-02-23

UNEA: China calls for global action to tackle environmental issues

In the face of global environmental problems, no single country can solve them alone, said Minister of Ecology and Environment Huang Runqiu at the fifth session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA5) on Monday, calling for global action to resolve the issue.

News Headlines
#127275
2021-02-23

UN climate change summit: Extreme weather fueling poverty in Bangladesh

The UN Security Council will hold a summit of world leaders Tuesday to debate climate change's implications for world peace, an issue on which its 15 members have divergent opinions. One of the countries experiencing the effects of climate change is Bangladesh. FRANCE 24's Emerald Maxwell explains.

News Headlines
#127283
2021-02-23

UN climate change summit: Security Council to tackle impact on global security

The UN Security Council will hold a summit of world leaders Tuesday to debate climate change's implications for world peace, an issue on which its 15 members have divergent opinions. FRANCE 24's Chief Foreign Editor Rob Parsons tells us more.

News Headlines
#127298
2021-02-23

Pakistan to host World Environment Day, says SAPM Amin Aslam

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam on Monday said Pakistan has been selected as a host country for hosting the World Environment Day in recognition of demonstrating global leadership in environmental conservation and protection through various polic ...

News Headlines
#127241
2021-02-22

Q&A: UN Environment Assembly Kicks Off With a Call to Make Peace with Nature

Its time for the world to radically change our ways if we are to make peace with the planet and create the environmental conditions so that all of humanity can thrive, delegates attending the Fifth Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5) heard this morning.

News Headlines
#127243
2021-02-22

Nothing for us without us

Ever since the world started celebrating February 21 as the International Mother Language Day after the UNESCO’s 1999 declaration, its worldwide annual observances have promoted awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism.

News Headlines
#127261
2021-02-22

UNEP says policy shift key to tackle global environmental challenges

The UN Environment Program (UNEP) on Monday called for a policy shift to boost action on global environmental challenges. Inger Andersen, executive director of UNEP said that despite making achievements through multilateral environmental agreements, the situation is still worsening

News Headlines
#127266
2021-02-22

EU launches Global Alliance on Circular Economy and Resource Efficiency

The Global Alliance on Circular Economy (GACERE) will set out to bring together governments and organisations, to push forward a ‘global impetus’ for initiatives related to the circular economy transition. In the margins of the fifth UN Environment Assembly, the EU, teaming up with the United Na ...

News Headlines
#127225
2021-02-19

FAO honoured to take rotating chairmanship of Tripartite

The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, today took over the rotating chairmanship of the Tripartite Secretariat from the World Organisation for Animal Health’s (OIE) Director-General, Monique Eloit.

News Headlines
#127161
2021-02-18

'Making Peace With Nature'

A new UN blueprint offers an integrated 'peace plan' to tackle three interlinked environmental emergencies – the climate crisis, biodiversity loss and pollution – that cannot be solved in isolation.

News Headlines
#127168
2021-02-18

Biodiversity, pollution, and climate change are interconnected: UN report

Humanity is in the midst of a triple-pronged planetary emergency on the verge of spiraling out of control, warns a new report from the United Nations (UN). The Making Peace With Nature report also offers a blueprint on how to tackle the interconnected climate, pollution, and biodiversity breakdowns.

News Headlines
#127169
2021-02-18

Human destruction of nature is 'senseless and suicidal', warns UN chief

Humanity is waging a “senseless and suicidal” war on nature that is causing human suffering and enormous economic losses while accelerating the destruction of life on Earth, the UN secretary-general, António Guterres, has said.

News Headlines
#127183
2021-02-18

UN: Huge changes in society needed to keep nature, Earth OK

Humans are making Earth a broken and increasingly unlivable planet through climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. So the world must make dramatic changes to society, economics and daily life, a new United Nations report says.

News Headlines
#127189
2021-02-18

UNEP synthesis of scientific assessments provides blueprint to secure humanity's future

The world can transform its relationship with nature and tackle the climate, biodiversity and pollution crises together to secure a sustainable future and prevent future pandemics, according to a new report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) that offers a comprehensive blueprint for addressi ...

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