Six months of war in Ukraine
Precisely six months ago, the Russian Federation invaded Ukraine, violating the country’s territorial integrity and sovereignty and the UN Charter.
For 182 days, the conflict...
Belgian UNESCO-recognised primeval forest defies climate change
The Sonian Forest in Belgium, which this year celebrates the fifth anniversary of its UNESCO-recognised nature reserves, is affected by climate change but nevertheless...
ShareTheMeal: WFP app marks new milestone
The principle is simple: give what you can – whether it’s one meal or one year of meals – and know that it makes...
She writes with her heart in Sápmi
The Inuits of Greenland and the Sami of Finland, Norway and Sweden are the Indigenous people of the Nordic Countries. On the occasion of...
UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter: August 2022
monthly issue of the UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter featuring new UN websites and publications, with a special focus on COVID-19 information
Greenland: the unexpected Netflix-star
The Inuits of Greenland and the Sami of Finland, Norway and Sweden are the Indigenous people of the Nordic Countries. On the occasion of...
New UNAIDS ‘Against the Odds’ podcast adds to growing list of...
In "Against the Odds", a brand-new podcast series from UNAIDS, extraordinary people are asked what made them winners when all the odds were stacked...
What do we know about long COVID?
Most people who develop COVID-19 fully recover, but current data collected by the World Health Organization (WHO) suggests approximately 10%-20% of people experience a variety of...
What you need to know about monkeypox
On 23 July, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), declared a public health emergency of international concern over the...
Ramping up the Goals
When 45-year-old Icelandic entrepreneur Haraldur Thorleifsson was one day unable to access a corner shop in his wheelchair, while the rest of the family entered to buy some soft drinks, a shift happened. It was not the first time Mr Thorleifsson, who has been a wheelchair user for the past two decades, had been split from his family in such a way.
Sand warms up the Finnish polar night
The inhabitants of Kankaanpää in western Finland need not worry about heating during the coming winter as much as fellow Europeans. About a hundred...
WMO 2023 Calendar Competition
2023 is an important year for the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). It marks 150 years of international cooperation in weather and climate observations dating...
Mangroves for sustainable development
While mangrove forests are at risk, whether because of human activities, global warming or water degradation, they are one of the ecosystems capable of...
Mangroves: the natural coastal protectors
"Mangroves are much more than natural wonders," declared UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay. They are unique, special and vulnerable ecosystems.
Mangroves are found in tropical and...
Norway: Football – the sustainable way
The Norwegian Football Federation is, arguably, first among equals when it comes to support for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), or the Global Goals,...