Asia-Pacific off track on path to SDGs, UN data shows
Adopted by world leaders in 2015, the 17 Goals focus on ending extreme poverty and hunger, ensuring access to clean water and sanitation, and providing quality universal education, among other…
World News in Brief: Reducing disaster risk for persons with disabilities, Afghan quake latest, global aid funding off track
Persons with disabilities face a “shocking lack of support” with no progress in the last decade, despite a huge increase in climate disasters worldwide, the new UN Office for Disaster…
Hottest September on record puts 2023 on track to be warmest year ever
Average surface temperature reached 16.38°C, or 0.5°C above the previous record in September 2020. Last month was roughly 1.75°C warmer compared to the pre-industrial period. It was also 0.93°C warmer…
Transforming food systems, key to get SDGs back on track: Mohammed
According to development indicators, almost half of the SDG targets are moderately or severely off track, and 37 per cent are showing no change. “Transforming our food systems is one…
From the Field: Hip hop artist K’naan’s new track hails refugees
“I wanted to write a song that felt like a home for those of us made homeless by conflict,” Mr. Warsame wrote on social media when launching the single, now…
Fast track justice in France became an example for the world
‘He has realized his mistake,’ the victim apologized to the BJP leader A tribal man who was the victim of a dirty act by Parvesh Shukla, a local leader of…
World off track for reaching key goal on sustainable energy by 2030
Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report, from the International Energy Agency (IEA), the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the UN Statistics Division (UNSD), the World Bank, and the World…
‘Transformative change’ needed to get Global Goals back on track, says UN deputy chief
Wednesday morning in the Chilean capital of Santiago, Ms. Mohammed met at the Palacio de La Moneda with President Gabriel Boric to discuss the acceleration of the 2030 Agenda and…
World Immunization Week sees ‘big catch-up’ to get vaccines back on track
Under the banner of ‘The Big Catch-Up’, WHO – the World Health Organization – and partners will support countries to get back on track so that more children and adults…
World Chagas Day calls for primary health care to track ‘silent’ disease
“UNITAID calls upon the global health community and governments to make Chagas disease a priority and support ongoing efforts to prevent mother-to-child transmission and improve access to tests and treatments,”…