Sustainability and social inclusion on the menu in Brussels restaurant
In Brussels, an innovative restaurant is combining sustainable gastronomy with a project of social inclusion. ‘65 degrés’, named after the temperature at which "perfect...
Iceland: Carbon Capture plant operational
Lauded as the world’s largest operational system for carbon capture and storage, the Orca plant in Iceland has been up and running since 8...
With anxiety on the rise psychologists enter the climate change field
Climate change has not only become an integral part of politics and news reporting, but also a topic of academic research. With anxiety rising it...
Belgian Olympic Sailor Emma Plasschaert: “I stand for a clean sea”
Belgian Olympic Sailor Emma Plasschaert has spent much of her life out in the ocean, witnessing first-hand the impact of plastic waste pollution in...
Mobile Film Festival: one-minute films to “make peace with nature”
Once again, the United Nations is supporting the Mobile Film Festival, an international competition featuring one-minute films shot on mobile phones. This year's theme, "making...
Guterres welcomes Denmark´s contribution to climate adaptation
The United Nations Secretary-General has welcomed the announcement by the Government of Denmark that it will allocate 60 per cent of climate financial aid to climate...
Oceans need us to expand our minds
Human activities are putting extreme pressure on aquatic ecosystems worldwide. United Nations’ Oceans Decade was launched to promote increased understanding and protection of oceans,...
UN-EU Beach Clean-up: tidying the entire Dutch North Sea coast
This summer, environmental NGO The North Sea Foundation organised the eighth edition of its annual beach clean-up campaign. From August 1 until August 15,...
Global Goal #7 – Clean energy for all
The world is making progress towards Global Goal 7 (SDG#7), with encouraging signs that energy is becoming more sustainable and widely available.
The goal is to...
World Humanitarian Day: The human cost of the climate crisis
The World Humanitarian Day, 19 August, honors those who work to help others, often with their lives at stake. This year, the UN highlight the immediate human cost of the climate crisis by pressuring world leaders to take meaningful climate actions for the world’s most vulnerable people.
UN (General): No Denying It, Climate Action podcast
the UN climate action podcast, bringing you the voices of young climate changemakers from across our warming planet.
Climate: Europe warming faster than rest of world (IPCC)
Far from being spared from the impacts of global warming, temperatures in Europe are set to rise more quickly than the global average, the...
Let’s Act Now and team up with the Smurfs to protect...
Every year, millions of tonnes of waste end up in the ocean. To protect marine life, the United Nations is teaming up with the...