Major climate changes in the Nordic seas
Climate change is predicted to have a major impact on the Nordic Sea areas. UNRIC has interviewed Geir Ottersen, climate impact researcher and project...
Donors’ Conference for victims of the earthquakes
The Swedish Presidency of the Council of the EU and the European Commission will host an International Donors' Conference 20 March in Brussels to support the...
Sweden supports adaptation in climate vulnerable Mozambique
The Government of Sweden has signed an agreement to deliver US$19 million over five years in climate finance to Mozambique, one of the most...
Sustainable Scandinavian wine thanks to Climate Change
While for many Europeans today wine production is associated with France, Italy and Spain, the last 30 years have seen a new development in...
Nordic countries make pledges worth $73 million at Yemen Conference
31 pledges amounting to $1.16 billion were made at a High-level meeting for Yemen co-organized by the UN, Sweden and Switzerland, yesterday, in Geneva.
The...
Sweden co-hosts Donors conference for Yemen
International donors convened today to jump-start funding for the humanitarian operation in Yemen. The high-level event is being hosted by the UN Secretary-General and...
UN Deputy Secretary-General: Sustainable development is a key to durable peace
UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed says that inclusive sustainable development is the only way to achieve durable peace in the world. Ms. Mohammed arrived...
Sweden Finns – two cultures, two languages
There are over 700,000 people living in Sweden with Finnish roots. Sweden Finns' Day (Finnish: Ruotsinsuomalaisten päivä, Swedish: Sverigefinnarnas dag) is celebrated in Sweden...
The melting of the ice and the first woman on Svalbard
Léonie d´Aunet was the first woman in history to visit the Svalbard archipelago. In 1839, it was portrayed as a visit to the North...
Amina Mohammed to give the Dag Hammarskjöld lecture
On 23 February 2023 the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation and Uppsala University will jointly host the 2022 Annual Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture. Together we recognise individuals who...
New Swedish contribution to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
At the end of a two-days visit to Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Ambassador of Sweden to Bangladesh, Alexandra Berg von Linde, announced...
UN Deputy Secretary-General in Oslo
The Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed today participated in the Oslo Energy Forum, where she called for urgent action to ramp up renewables, end energy...
High-level consultations to deepen UNRWA-Norway partnership
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Deputy Commissioner-General, Leni Stenseth, visited Oslo on 13 Februaryto...
UN expert: racial discrimination against Inuits must be addressed
Denmark and Greenland must address the negative impact of a colonial legacy that has led to structural and systemic racial discrimination against the indigenous...
The entrance to the “centre of the earth” may disappear within...
The glaciers that have given Iceland its name will be gone within two centuries and all but the biggest one by the end of...