Sustainable Development Goals – The Guardian
- London Design Biennale 2021; Kingston Cycle Hub – reviews June 6, 2021Somerset House, London; Kingston upon ThamesThe lofty words on sustainability from designers from around the world in London are given more concrete form further up the ThamesFirst, let me defend a dead white man. The 18th-century architect William Chambers was not, as the designer Es Devlin suggests, a tree-hater. He designed Kew Gardens, wrote treatises […]Rowan Moore
- The world faces a pandemic of human rights abuses in the wake of Covid-19 | António Guterres February 22, 2021The virus has been used as a pretext in many countries to crush dissent, criminalise freedoms and silence reportingAntónio Guterres is secretary general of the United NationsFrom the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic almost one year ago, it was clear that our world faced far more than a public health emergency. The biggest international crisis […]António Guterres
- Nightlife meets wildlife: the albums mixing birdsong and techno beats February 12, 2021A Bogotà nightclub has used the sounds of animals and birds in the Colombian capital to make a new kind of dance trackStuck inside and unable to hit the dancefloor, many of the regulars at the electronic dance nights at Bogotá’s popular nightclub Kaputt found themselves missing the clubbing community when they were forced into […]Jo Griffin
- Decades of progress on extreme poverty now in reverse due to Covid February 3, 2021Analysis: The pandemic, combined with the climate crisis and crippling debt burdens, has led to an ‘unprecedented increase’ in poverty, experts warnOpinion: Rishi Sunak is paying Covid bills off the backs of the poor. It shames our country | Gordon BrownTwo decades of progress in the reduction of extreme poverty, the elimination of which is […]Peter Beaumont
- Homelessness is rising, but it is neither inevitable nor unstoppable December 10, 2020During the pandemic, 30 organisations in 20 countries have gathered testimony from homeless people demanding actionAt least 150 million people are homeless, the UN estimates – more than the combined populations of the UK and France. Homeless people, in affluent and less affluent countries alike, describe being abandoned by governments on the one hand and […]Leilani Farha and Juha Kaakinen
Sustainable Development Goals – UN
- FROM THE FIELD: Restoring Dutch ‘green deserts’ June 21, 2021The Western Peat Meadows of the Netherlands look like classic Dutch countryside (cows, windmills and green fields), but the views mask a significant loss of biodiversity, caused by intensive farming methods. As the UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration begins, a local organisation is planning to restore 100 million of hectares of land, across the world. […]dpicampaigns
- Sustainability solution or climate calamity? The dangers and promise of cryptocurrency technology June 20, 2021The negative environmental impact of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin has been widely covered in the press in recent weeks and months, and their volatility has also been flagged as a cause for concern. Nevertheless, the UN believes that blockchain, the technology lying behind these online currencies, could be of great benefit to those fighting the […]dpicampaigns
- COVID-19: Vaccines donated next year, ‘too late for those who are dying today’ June 18, 2021Millions more COVID vaccines need to be donated now to save lives and help the UN health agency reach the key global target of having 70 per cent of all national populations vaccinated, by the middle of 2022. Read Full Story on UN Newsdpicampaigns
- SDG Media Compact – Latest News and Updates June 18, 2021 fangweizhao
- One in every 100 dies by their own hand, each suicide ‘a tragedy’ – WHO June 17, 2021New research published by the UN health agency on Thursday revealed that suicide remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide – taking more lives each year than HIV, malaria, breast cancer, war and homicide. Read Full Story on UN Newsdpicampaigns
