COVID-19: Europe and Central Asia, epicentre of new rise
About 22 months since the first cases of COVID-19 were reported, and almost a year since the first vaccines were approved, reported cases and deaths from the...
UNDP and Mobile Film Festival screen top 50 one-minute films at...
In partnership with the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) Global Programme on Nature for Development, the 17th Mobile Film Festival has selected top 50 short (1-minute...
UN Secretary-General at COP26: “Either we stop it — or it...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres says that addiction to fossil fuels is pushing humanity to the brink: "We face a stark choice: Either we...
Young activists debate planet’s future aboard train to COP26
Over 500 changemakers from 40 different countries will be catching a ‘Climate Train’ on October 30 from Amsterdam to Glasgow, where the United Nations...
Scotland’s UNESCO Trail: From Glasgow to Shetland
On October 15, the world’s first UNESCO National Trail was launched in Scotland. The digital Trail connects 13 UNESCO heritage sites across the country, and...
UNRIC Library Backgrounder: Climate Change
Overview of the United Nations work against climate change
COP26: New commitments fail to meet Paris Agreement
New and updated climate commitments fall far short of what is needed to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, leaving the world on...
The Antidote COVID-19 teaches players how to stay safe
Just as the COVID-19 pandemic is starting to sweep through the world, Antidote Laboratories receives a strange package. You are assigned to study it...
When Tomatoes Met Wagner
“I wanted to make a film about the abandonment of the countryside. It was something that made me feel sad, whenever I travelled around...
Lefteris Arapakis of Greece announced as Ambassador for the Mediterranean Coast
Split, Croatia, 27 September 2021 – Lefteris Arapakis, a national of Greece, has received the honorary title of Ambassador for the Mediterranean Coast conferred...
UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter – October 2021
monthly issue of the UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter featuring new UN websites and publications, with a special focus on COVID-19 information
A toast to the next generation of female engineers
Danae Graziano-Hudson, a 9-year-old Londoner, is the latest recipient of the ‘Leaders Award’ – a “creative problem solving, literacy and entrepreneurial project which annually...
‘Wheel of Purpose’ puts sustainability and learning side-by-side in a digital...
Created by SAP, the Wheel of Purpose encourages a global audience to spin a digital wheel and take a quiz on UNCTAD’s work related...
Ciné-ONU screening: “When Tomatoes Met Wagner”
To mark World Food Day, the United Nations invites you to “When Tomatoes Met Wagner”
In a dying farming village in central Greece, two cousins...
James Stock on Making it Cheaper to be Green (IMF Podcasts)
Most economists would agree a carbon tax is a powerful tool in fighting climate change, but carbon pricing alone is not enough. As green...