Sweden commits SEK 30 million to support safe agriculture trade in...
Sweden is contributing SEK 30 million (approximately CHF 2.4 million) to the Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) from 2024 to 2026 to help...
Sweden supports Green Climate Fund with SEK 8 billion
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) welcomes the Swedish government’s pledge of SEK 8 billion (USD 763 million) for the Fund’s second replenishment.
Sweden has been...
Europe’s Second UNU Hub Launched at Sweden’s Lund University
The United Nations University (UNU) has launched a new Hub on Water in a Changing Environment (WICE) at Lund University. This is the fourth...
Barnfonden joins forces to tackle environmental degradation and climate change
The Swedish NGO Barnfonden, the Spanish NGO Educo and the Italian NGO WeWorld are launching the initiative Grow the Future to make children affected...
Finland contributes EUR 2 million to UNDP, supporting global sustainable development
The Government of Finland has contributed EUR 2 million (USD 2.2 million) in core resources to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for 2024....
Norway’s human rights record to be examined by Universal Periodic Review
The human rights record of Norway will be examined by the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the...
IMO-UNEP-Norway Innovation Forum spotlights solutions for maritime decarbonization
International delegates attending the 4th IMO-UNEP-Norway Innovation Forum (24-25 October) have outlined a set of key recommendations to support developing countries in their journey to...
Sweden, Iceland Commit to World Bank’s Hybrid Capital
World Bank Group shareholders Sweden and Iceland announced commitments to invest in hybrid capital, a financial product with leveraging potential that substantially expands the...
Norway and UNDP cooperate to rebuild Ukraine´s energy infrastructure
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Government of Norway are further strengthening cooperation to rebuild Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, put in place backup...
The last Great Auk is not alive and well, but living...
There it was. It was called the Great Auk, but at less than one meter tall, the black and white stuffed bird with its...
The Nordic Countries urge Israel to reconsider draft legislation that would...
The Foreign Ministers of the five Nordic Countries have called on Israel to reconsider draft legal bills in the Knesset that that, if adopted,...
UNOPS to work with government of Denmark and Novo Nordisk to...
As the war continues, the partnership between UNOPS, the government of Denmark and Novo Nordisk will strengthen healthcare services in Mykolaiv, Ukraine for vulnerable...
Iceland commended for gender equality, questions raised on domestic violence and...
The Human Rights Committee has commended Iceland for achieving impressive results in gender equality, while asking questions on domestic and gender-based violence and on...
Icelandic and Nepalese women join forces to empower female Sherpas
When Soffía Sigurgeirsdóttir, the manager of an all-women public relations company in Iceland, was a little girl, she dreamt of the peaks of the...
Finland must respect the rights of Sámi Indigenous people to traditional lands
Finland violated the rights of Sámi Indigenous people to culture and land, by granting mineral exploration permits on their territory without an impact assessment...