UNESCO joins Minecraft’s latest ‘Global Build Challenge’
UNESCO is joining Minecraft on the ‘Global Build Challenge 2021: Making Peace with Nature’, as part of its programme to engage students worldwide to...
Minecraft/UNESCO Global Build Challenge: Peace with Nature
Join Minecraft and UNESCO in a global build competition to design sustainable solutions for your communities that help us live in harmony with nature....
WHO and Angry Birds Friends team up for World Mental Health...
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought on new realities for many of us, such as working from home, temporary unemployment, home-schooling of children, and lack...
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...
United Nations Public Service Awards 2022
The United Nations Public Service Awards is the most prestigious international recognition of excellence in public service. It rewards the creative achievements and contributions of public...
UN Secretary-General Awards 2021
The Secretary-General Awards honour and recognize significant performance of UN Secretariat personnel and teams who go beyond the call of duty in the discharge...
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...
WHO, Facebook and Praekelt.Org provide critical mobile access to COVID-19 information...
WHO is working with Facebook and Praekelt.Org to provide WHO’s COVID-19 information to the world’s most vulnerable people through Discover and Free Basics in...
#CreateCOP26
While the world is evolving at an astonishing pace, human actions have become a significant threat to the health of the planet. Year after...
Youth for a greener, more inclusive future
If you are between 18 and 35 years old tell the World Bank in a 1-min video OR in a photo with text answering the following:
Identify 3 actions...
Green Game Jam 2021 to Empower Millions of Gamers to Act...
Household name entertainment companies and start-up game developers assembled for this year’s Green Game Jam to showcase new “green activations”* in 33 new and live games,...
WMO launches its annual photography competition for its 2022 calendar
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is delighted to launch the annual photography competition for its 2022 Calendar.
They are looking for high-quality and artistic photographs...
Tech Trailblazers: Eight adolescent girls and young women recoding gender equality
New technologies and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic are radically transforming learning platforms and jobs. Digital literacy is essential to thrive in this...
GEM Report: 2021/22 Cartoon Competition
The GEM Report has launched a cartoon competition in partnership with the Cartoon Movement, a global platform for editorial cartoons and comics journalism with...
ITU releases fourth edition of the Global Cybersecurity Index
The latest Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI) from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) shows a growing commitment around the world to tackle and reduce cybersecurity...