Renewable energy transforming the landscape
Renewable energy is generally defined as any energy source that is continuously replenished. It includes solar and wind power as well as bioenergy (organic matter burned as fuel) and hydroelectric…
From the Field: Transforming lives in Darién jungle
Migrants come ashore from the Chucunaque River after crossing the Darién jungle. A rising number of migrants are attempting the dangerous journey across the Darién jungle spanning the Colombia-Panama border.…
‘Transforming education’: Ensuring children and societies are learners
The brief recognizes that education faces both a crisis of access as well as a crisis of quality and relevance, Leonardo Garnier, Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Transforming…
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…
Transforming how we eat, ‘a critical accelerator’ towards 2030 development goals: Deputy UN chief
The so-called UN Food Systems Stocktaking Moment is the first global follow-up to a 2021 summit convened to change how the world produces, consumes and thinks about food. The high-level…
Candlenuts, chilli and chickens: Transforming Indonesia’s rural economy
Wilfridus Ngala, the mayor of Inegena, a village nestled amidst the central hills of Ngada district, on Flores Island, had a vision – to turn his community of 1,100 people,…
UN chief calls for worldwide commitment to transforming education
He called for countries to deliver education systems “that can support equal societies, dynamic economies and the limitless dreams of every learner in the world.” Data from the UN Educational,…