Go Goals and the Sustainability Academy
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were established in 2015, but with less than 10 years to achieve them, the time to act is now....
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.
The United Nations intends to remain in Afghanistan
After the fall of Kabul, the United Nations has reiterated its commitment to stay and deliver aid to millions of people in need in...
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...
Junk Kouture – #YouthLead in sustainable fashion
Demand for fast fashion is greater than ever and doesn’t look like slowing down. Yet, in addition to devastating environmental effects, the fashion industry has...
UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter – August 2021
monthly issue of the UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter featuring new UN websites and publications, with a special focus on COVID-19 information
Guterres: The IPCC Report is a code red for humanity
UN Secretary-General António Guterres says a report published today by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is a “code red for humanity.”
“The alarm...
Red paint instead of celebrations
The statue of Hans Egede towers over Nuuk the Capital of Greenland. Controversy over the statue has overshadowed the 300th anniversary of the arrival of...