Small islands prepare for their big moment in 2024
19 January 2024 - You may be aware that Small Island Developing States (SIDS) contribute less than 1 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions but face the worst effects of climate change.
Empowering Youth Voices: A Journey from COP28 to Local Action and Global Impact
10 January 2024 - As a young person from Tunisia from an ethnic minority and part of the Global South...
Extended period of low economic growth looms large, undermining progress on sustainable development
5 January 2024 - The world economy in 2023 proved to be resilient, exceeding expectations with an estimated growth rate of 2.7 per cent...
Protracted period of low growth looms large, undermining progress on sustainable development
4 January 2024 - Global economic growth is projected to slow from an estimated 2.7 per cent in 2023...
International Human Solidarity Day: A call for unity and action
20 December 2023 - Every year on 20 December, the international community comes together to observe International Human Solidarity Day.
How close are we to gender equality?
19 December 2023 - "Approximately 10% of women and girls currently live in extreme poverty, defined as earning less than $2.15 per day. Projections suggest that by 2030, around 8% will still be in extreme poverty...
Switzerland joins push to make JPO programme more inclusive
15 December 2023 - As a truly global organization, equitable geographical representation of staff in the United Nations is a key element to better reflect the people we serve.
COP28 ends with call to ‘transition away’ from fossil fuels; UN’s Guterres says phaseout is inevitable
13 December 2023 - Nations at COP28 in Dubai approved earlier on Wednesday a roadmap for “transitioning...
7 approaches the public sector employed to respond to a global crisis
6 December 2023 - In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, public institutions faced unprecedented challenges. Governments worldwide grappled...
United to achieve the SDGs for, with, and by persons with disabilities
6 December 2023 - The five dimensions of sustainable development – People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace, and Partnerships – are all essential to achieve...
COP28: To save the planet, we need a just and fair renewable energy revolution
5 December 2023 - The key to ensuring that communities – especially the most vulnerable – can leave fossil-fuel based economies behind...
SDG Pavilion opens at COP28 with focus on youth in achieving climate goals and SDGs together
2 December 2023 - As the UN climate conference, COP28, brings together some 70,000 representatives from governments, international organizations, business and civil society groups in Dubai, United Arab Emirates this month, the SDG Pavilion hosted by UN DESA is playing a key role in bringing attention to the need to achieve climate goals and the SDGs together.
Join UN DESA at the SDG Pavilion at COP 28!
1 December 2023 - “What happens in Antarctica doesn’t stay in Antarctica,” said United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres upon returning from his recent trip to the southernmost continent to witness the melting sea ice. “We live in an interconnected world.” Just ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the Secretary-General issued a call for urgent global climate action to “not let the hopes of people around the world for a sustainable planet melt away.”
“Being a JPO provided an invaluable experience and opportunity to learn”
21 November 2023 - “Being a JPO provided me with an invaluable experience and opportunity to learn from the inside,” said Eisuke Misawa, a former JPO at UN DESA.
World Toilet Day, flush with innovations for safer sanitation
18 November 2023 - Innovation abounds in the race to broaden access to clean water and sanitation around the world on World Toilet Day, marked on 19 November.