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#1271912021-02-18
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.
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#1270942021-02-16
Major Groups and Stakeholders Call for UNEP to “Build Forward Better”
Major Groups and Stakeholders held a virtual meeting to collect input for upcoming meetings of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-5). The consultations underscored the opportunity for UNEA to chart a transformative path towards a more sustainable and inclusive recovery from COVID-19. Discussions ...
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#1270032021-02-11
Seven globally outstanding Estonian female scientists
On 11 February 2021, the International Day of Women and Girls in Science is held in Estonia for the first time; to mark the occasion, Estonian World highlights seven globally outstanding female scientists from the country.
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#1270042021-02-11
International Day of Women and Girls in Science
In the quest for gender equality, in 2015, the United Nations declared 11 February as the annual International Day for Women and Girls in Science.
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#1270062021-02-11
For Women and Girls in Science Day, we are calling on the Government to ensure the gender gap is closed
Women have played a critical role in tackling the Coronavirus pandemic yet have borne the brunt of it – particularly women researchers and scientists who have helped in the different stages of creating vaccines.
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#1270072021-02-11
Celebrating women in science
Welcome to the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. For 2021, the United Nations has set the day to focus on the role women are playing in fighting COVID-19 but also notes that the pandemic has put extra work onto women who typically handle more of the burdens of childcare and remote ...
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#1270082021-02-11
Spain’s PM Shows Support For Women In Science
Thursday, February 11 is the day on which women across the globe are honoured for their unique contribution to the scientific community as International Day of Women and Girls in Science is celebrated. Keen to get in on the act, a number of high-profile Spaniards, including the Prime Minister Pe ...
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#1270092021-02-11
L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards honour five women researchers in mathematics, astrophysics, chemistry and informatics
On the International Day for Women and Girls in Science, celebrated on 11 February, UNESCO and the L’Oréal Foundation honoured five women researchers in the fields of astrophysics, mathematics, chemistry and informatics as part of the 23rd International Prize for Women in Science.
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#1270102021-02-11
Women and Girls in Science: How the IAEA has Contributed to the Development of Scientists over the Years
Science is a collaborative field that benefits from diverse perspectives and experience. And yet, a persistent gender gap exists: Women account for less than 30 per cent of the world’s scientists and researchers. Women are underrepresented in many scientific and research disciplines, and the nuc ...
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#1270112021-02-11
NATO supports women and girls in science
On the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, discover how three young women are making great strides in technology and innovation, with support from the NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme.
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#1270122021-02-11
Female African scientists improve research and inspire the next generation
Timed to coincide with the UN International Day of Women and Girls in Science today (11 February) and to inspire more female students to study and work in science, the GCRF START grant has announced the results of its three-year project launched in March 2019.
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#1270132021-02-11
‘If I can do it, so can you’: women scientists on the power of education to reach gender equality
Women are extremely under-represented in science, but a UN research centre in The Netherlands is trying to address the gender imbalance, by raising awareness of the leading role that women researchers play in tackling global problems, such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
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#1268882021-02-04
UN Calls for an ‘Ocean Science Revolution’
The United Nations Secretary-General has urged nations to rise to the ‘defining challenge’ of restoring the ocean’s power to support humanity and regulate the climate.
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#1268912021-02-04
UN Secretary-General Presents 10 Priorities for 2021
The UN General Assembly held a plenary meeting on priorities for 2021. The UN Secretary-General told governments that after the “tragedy and peril” of 2020, the SDGs are more important than ever to put the world on track in 2021. He outlined ten urgent priorities for the year ahead.
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#1261512020-12-10
Six environmental trailblazers honoured as UNEP Champions of the Earth
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) today announced six laureates of the 2020 Champions of the Earth award, the UN’s highest environmental honour. The Champions were chosen for their transformative impact on the environment and their leadership in urging bold and decisive action on behalf of the ...
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#1259562020-12-02
Humans waging 'suicidal war' on nature - UN chief Antonio Guterres
"Our planet is broken," the Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, will warn on Wednesday. Humanity is waging what he will describe as a "suicidal" war on the natural world. "Nature always strikes back, and is doing so with gathering force and fury," he will tell a BBC specia ...
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#5879Meeting
#5986United Nations Day 2020
24 October 2020, New York, United States of America
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#5985World Food Day 2020
16 October 2020, Rome, Italy
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#5980International Day of Peace 2020
21 September 2020, New York, United States of America
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#5979International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer 2020
16 September 2020, Nairobi, Kenya
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#602475th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 75)
15 - 30 September 2020, New York, United States of America
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#5977International Youth Day 2020
12 August 2020, New York, United States of America
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#5974World Food Safety Day 2020
7 June 2020, Rome, Italy
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#5972World Environment Day 2020
5 June 2020, Nairobi, Kenya
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#588785th Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol
25 - 29 May 2020, TBA, Canada
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#600085th Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol
25 - 29 May 2020, Montreal, Canada
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#5971World Bee Day 2020
20 May 2020, New York, United States of America
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#5969World Intellectual Property Day 2020
26 April 2020, Geneva, Switzerland
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#588684th Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol
16 - 20 December 2019, Montreal, Canada
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#5868International Mountain Day 2019
11 December 2019, New York, United States of America
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#5867World Soil Day 2019
5 December 2019, Rome, Italy
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#1229592019-11-11
UN spends millions from climate change fund on flights, hotels
The United Nations has allegedly been spending its Green Climate Funds on business class travel and lavish hotels, new reports show. This year alone, the Green Climate Fund’s core staffing figures reached US$65 million (AU$94.3 million), and its broader administration bill exceeded US$200 milli ...
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#1229662019-11-11
UNCCD COP 14 solidifies India’s commitment towards sustainable order
In order to protect the ecological balance of the world, it is of utmost importance to realize the importance of land and its well-being along with realizing the ill-impact of desertification and deforestation that result in the degradation and poor health of the lands paving way for a drought – ...
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#1229062019-11-07
FAO Director General calls for ocean sustainable solutions for fisheries
Various investments in ocean sustainability will raise the amount of fish to feed the poor, helping drive progress towards the eradication of hunger which is the lynchpin for achieving the other Sustainable Development Goals, FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu said in a speech.
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#588031st Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (MOP 31)
4 - 8 November 2019, Rome, Italy
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#5866World Cities Day 2019
31 October 2019, New York, United States of America
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#5865United Nations Day 2019
24 October 2019, New York, United States of America
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#1227222019-10-24
‘Amid stormy global seas, UN Charter remains our moral anchor’, says Guterres on United Nations Day
In his annual message for UN Day this Thursday, Secretary-General António Guterres issued a reminder of the role the Organization should be playing, focusing on the the real problems of real people, as a “shared moral anchor” amid “stormy global seas”.
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#5863World Food Day 2019
16 October 2019, Rome, Italy
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#5862International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction 2019
9 October 2019, New York, United States of America
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#5861World Habitat Day 2019
7 October 2019, Nairobi, Kenya
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#5884Fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP 14)
7 - 18 October 2019, New Delhi, India
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#1224722019-10-02
This is what the world promised at the UN climate action summit
Too often countries and companies make climate commitments that grab the media and political spotlight, only for governments or priorities to silently change.
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#5860World Tourism Day 2019
27 September 2019, Madrid, Spain
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#5859World Maritime Day 2019
26 September 2019, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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#1223552019-09-25
UN summit day #3 : SDGs in the spotlight
Over this special series on the UN climate action summit (23 September) and SDGs summit (24-25 September), EURACTIV gives you a glimpse into the goings on in New York and what is driving the conversation there. In this edition: A radical change of the food system, climate adaptation, dozing comm ...
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#1223652019-09-25
China's SEE Hosts 15th Anniversary Reception Attended by Global Conservation Leaders and Dignitaries
NEW YORK — Nearly 100 dignitaries from around the globe attended the SEE A Better Future reception on September 24. The event was hosted by Society of Entrepreneurs and Ecology (SEE) as part of the United Nations Climate Action Summit – a weeklong gathering of global leaders to address climate c ...
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#1223292019-09-24
UN Climate Summit: Seychelles joins country coalition aiming to protect 30 percent of Earth
Seychelles is honoured to join a newly launched coalition pushing for the ambitious target for the protection of 30 percent of the planet Earth by the end of the next decade, President Danny Faure said in New York on Monday.