Sustainable Development Goals – The Guardian
- Ending world hunger by 2030 would cost $330bn, study finds October 13, 2020Research suggests that by targeting enhanced aid money more effectively and with greater innovation, a solution is possibleEnding hunger by 2030 would come with a price tag of $330bn (£253bn), according to a study backed by the German government.Research groups compiled data from 23 countries and found international donors would need to add another $14bn […]Kaamil Ahmed
- Looking for a Saturday night film? Instead of Notting Hill try Nations United | Richard Curtis September 19, 2020In 2015, 193 countries agreed a blueprint for a better planet. 2020 was supposed to be a Super Year of progress – we can’t let the pandemic knock us off courseI’m aware this is a strange article to be writing. As most people struggle with the day-to-day complexity of life under the pandemic, how we […]Richard Curtis
- 'Covid has magnified every existing inequality' – Melinda Gates September 15, 2020Pandemic could result in a ‘lost decade’ for developing countries says co-chair of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in stark reportThe world’s poorest countries risk a lost decade of development unless leaders move quickly to help them recover from the fallout of Covid-19, Melinda Gates told the Guardian.The co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates […]Liz Ford
- Nature-led coronavirus recovery could create $10tn a year, says WEF July 15, 2020Report says 400m jobs could be created, and warns there will be ‘no jobs on a dead planet’Tackling the global nature crisis could create 400m jobs and $10tn (£8tn) in business value each year by 2030, according to a report published by the World Economic Forum.The report warns that when the world recovers from the […]Damian Carrington Environment editor
- Covid-19 has revealed a pre-existing pandemic of poverty that benefits the rich July 11, 2020The World Bank’s flawed and misunderstood poverty benchmark has led to a deceptively positive picture and dangerous complacency Philip Alston is the outgoing UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rightsPoverty is suddenly all over the front page. As coronavirus ravages the globe, its wholly disproportionate impact on poor people and marginalised communities is […]Philip Alston
Sustainable Development Goals – UN
- Environmental factors behind 15 per cent of deaths across Mediterranean, new UN report reveals October 21, 2020Around 15 per cent of deaths in the Mediterranean are attributable to preventable environmental factors, a new UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report released on Wednesday has revealed.dpicampaigns
- UN urges people to #PledgetoPause before sharing information online October 20, 2020With the COVID-19 pandemic sparking a “communications emergency” caused by false information disseminated on social media, the UN Secretary-General is encouraging people everywhere to take a breath before sharing content online. Read Full Story on UN Newsdpicampaigns
- Women’s job market participation stagnating at less than 50% for the past 25 years, finds UN report October 20, 2020New York, 20 October – Less than 50% of working-age women are in the labour market, a figure that has barely changed over the last quarter of a century, according to a new UN report launched today. Unpaid domestic and care work falls disproportionately on women, restraining their economic potential as the COVID-19 pandemic additionally […]Vesna Blazhevska
- Trusted data helps us all ‘understand the changing world’: Guterres October 20, 2020Current, reliable and trusted data help us to “understand the changing world” in which we live, the UN chief said on Tuesday in his message for World Statistics Day.dpicampaigns
- One in six children living in extreme poverty, with figure set to rise during pandemic October 20, 2020An estimated one in six children – or 356 million globally – were living in extreme poverty before the COVID-19 pandemic began, and this is set to worsen significantly, according to a new World Bank Group and UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) analysis released on Tuesday.dpicampaigns
