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World Soil Day – 5 December 2018
World Soil Day is celebrated annually on the 5th of December at the Food and Agriculture...
World Toilet Day – 19 November 2018
World Toilet Day, celebrated on 19th November, is about taking action to ensure that...
Schools in Gaza close as fighting threatens safety of children and teachers
According to a report from TheirWorld, an outbreak of violence has prompted action...
Building peace in the Sahel depends on climate resilience, says UN
In the Sahel region of Africa, the call for sustainable peace is crucial to minimise...
Big data from space to be used for disaster prevention in Africa
On Monday, outer space and disaster response experts gathered at a United Nations...
World Development Information Day, United Nations Day – 24 October 2018
For the last 45 years, the 24th October has marked the UN’s World Development...
World Bank highlights new ways to measure and address poverty
The World Bank’s 2018 Poverty and Shared Prosperity Report explores how poverty...
World Food Day – 16 October 2018
Today is World Food Day and the 73rd anniversary of the UN’s Food and Agricultural...
International Day of Rural Women – 15 October, 2018
Today marks the UN’s International Day of Rural Women, a day first observed...
Investments into the clean-energy industry could help slow climate change
With global concern for climate change growing exponentially, some people are contributing...
International Day for Disaster Reduction – 13 October 2018
The United Nations’ International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction is annually...
UNHCR increases aid to Venezuelan migrants in Colombia
With over 4,000 Venezuelans entering Colombia each day, UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)...
Weather and conflict limit Syria’s agricultural production, perpetuating food insecurity
A recent report from the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO)...
Companies turn their attention to food waste as a way to tackle climate change
With the recent release of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report...
Upcoming winter weather poses threat to refugees around the world
Refugees from Syria, Iraq, and in Greece face the threat of freezing temperatures...
Grim realities of climate change revealed in IPCC report
The United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), consisting...
More support needed to ease humanitarian crisis and rebuild lives in north-east Nigeria
After a two day visit to the region, UN Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator...
Climate change panel to present key global warming report for world leaders, UN reports
The United Nations-run Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and its representatives...
Donations to UNRWA help keep Palestinian students in school
International donors pledged $118 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency...
Support growing for the single biggest investment in education in history
Earlier in the week, government ministers, donors and development banks backed the...
Largest EU humanitarian programme provides aid to 1.4 million refugees in Turkey
Two years after the launch of the largest humanitarian relief programme in European...
Overcrowding of refugee reception centres in Greece pose serious risk to children
Overcrowding in Greek island reception centres for refugees and migrants has made...
Tech firms and humanitarian organisations partner to create famine-predicting technology
The UN, World Bank, and other humanitarian organisations have partnered up with global...
Slow progress being made to eradicate extreme poverty, report shows
One hope of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals is to completely...
After a decade long decline, world hunger is back on the rise, UN report says
Over the last 10 years, progress has been made to reduce global hunger, end malnutrition,...
UN chief warns against the perils of continued fossil fuel reliance
United Nations secretary general António Guterres warned that the world is...
Extreme weather and climate events caused more damage than ever before in 2017
The United Nations weather agency have reported that hurricanes, monsoons, floods...
Investment in water infrastructure needs to double, reports UN and World Bank
The United Nations and The World Bank released their report yesterday ‘Making...
Vietnam to construct 4,000 storm proof homes to protect against climate change
A new partnership between the UN and the Government of Vietnam will see storm proof...
Resilience to climate change in Asia-Pacific depends on gender equality, says UNEP
The United Nations Environment Programme have highlighted that for the Asia-Pacific...
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