“This year’s theme – invest in women – reminds us that ending the patriarchy requires money on the table,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in a statement for the International Day. “This all depends on unlocking finance for sustainable development so that countries have funds available to invest in women and girls,” he said, calling…
Lahore: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Wajiha Qamar and Chaudhry Sajid Mehmood said goodbye to the party. During the press conference at Rawalpindi Press Club, Chaudhry Sajid Mehmood said that the country was harmed by the establishment narrative of TI in the chair itself and the country’s economy and conditions have deteriorated due to this narrative. He…
Renewable technologies like wind and solar power are, in most cases, cheaper than the fossil fuels that are driving climate change, but the world needs to prioritize the transformation of energy systems to renewable energy. The Climate Ambition Summit, scheduled for 20 September at UN Headquarters in New York, will consider how to accelerate this transformation….
Here are five key things you need to know: 1. Getting back on track The COVID-19 pandemic set back gains made towards realizing the SDGs by decades, and, if present trends persist, by 2030, a staggering 575 million people will remain trapped in extreme poverty, according to the new UN report. Average global temperatures have…
