Western Europe records hottest June on record
June 2026 was the hottest June ever recorded in Western Europe and the second warmest globally, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S)....
UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter – August 2026
monthly issue of the UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter featuring new UN websites, publications and information products --- Topic of the month: Wildfires
Sand to Sahara: Why even desert countries are importing sand
The first time Icelandic entrepreneur Ómar Antonsson visited the United States right after the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks twenty-five years ago he was...
Progress through participation: a spotlight on Irish SDG Champions
The Sustainable Development Goals are both a global blueprint and a call to action for communities all over the world to protect people and...
SDGs: real progress, but unprecedented obstacles
With four years to go until the 2030 deadline, where do we stand with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted in 2015?
Countries had set...
40 years of climate warnings: we can’t say we didn’t know
Heatwaves, forest fires, floods… and suddenly climate change is back on the front pages. However, the world often gives the impression it is only...
UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter: July 2026
Monthly issue of the UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter featuring new UN websites, publications and information products.
Topic of the month: Artificial Intelligence
Irish village proudly weaves sustainable development into daily life
A small coastal village in southwest Ireland, with a population of just over 600, proudly claims that it is the only place in the...
The World’s Largest Cities (Are No Longer the Ones You Think)
In 1975, there were just eight megacities, defined as cities with more than 10 million inhabitants, worldwide. Fifty years later, that number has risen...
“Multilateralism is alive”: how UN labour agency tackles social justice
"My grandmother was a child domestic worker in the Netherlands, what we now consider child labour,” recounts Peter van Rooij, Regional Director for Europe...
Shared Lives, Shared Future: a UN exhibition comes to Brussels
Nearly 50 life-size portraits are coming to the heart of Brussels this month, putting human faces to the global work of the United Nations...
Europe, the world’s second-largest market for cocaine
Where does Europe stand on the global map of drug use? The 2026 World Drug Report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and...
Secretary-General calls for action on methane
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has launched a global Call to Action on Methane. In a special address at the London Climate Action Week, Mr...
Why should we be concerned about methane?
The next battle in the fight against global warming must be the fight against methane, said the UN Secretary-General in a speech delivered on...
Europe: the 10 countries with the longest life expectancies
Living standards, diet, health care, the environment… These are all factors that influence life expectancy, a reliable indicator of prosperity.(1)
In 2024, the global average...