This article was written by the United Nations Department of Global Communications. The coronavirus pandemic presents an opportunity for the human family to act in solidarity and turn this crisis into an impetus to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). … Continue reading →
Universities around the world play a critical role in delivering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and in developing the ideas and technologies required to embed sustainability within government, business and wider society, while leading by example in the way they … Continue reading →
By 2050, with a projected increased global population of 9.6 billion, we would need the equivalent of almost 3 planets worth of resources to sustain our way of living, if our current consumption and production patterns remain the same. [UNEP, 2011, http://bit.ly/1Niu2q7] … Continue reading →
While politicians either deny that climate change exists or, if they admit that it is happening, do not believe we are in a state that requires emergency action, a professor from the University of Cumbria believes that climate-change scientists themselves … Continue reading →
Mucungura Adeodato writes: I’m a teacher teaching in secondary schools in Lyantonde district in Uganda. It’s one of the dry corridor districts in Uganda. I’m appreciate and commend the work you are doing to save our global environment. Environmental concerns … Continue reading →
Hello! We’re Amy and Ella Meek, aged 15 and 13, and the founders of Kids Against Plastic! Not long ago we came across the UN’s Global Goals and got inspired to do our bit for the planet, and after finding out about the negative effect … Continue reading →
The Blue Belt programme supports delivery of the UK government’s commitment to provide long term protection for the marine environment. It supports delivery of the UK government’s commitment to provide long term protection of over four million square kilometres of marine … Continue reading →
The UK government 25 year Environment Plan was published 11 January 2018. It sets out the government’s goals for improving the environment, within a generation, and leaving it in a better state than we found it. It details how the … Continue reading →
As part of Agenda 2030, the UK is reviewing its progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals. The Voluntary National Review website invites people and organisations to share information about their projects that contribute to the UK’s delivery of the Sustainable … Continue reading →
On 9 October 2018 she had made the following remarks highlighting the enduring relevance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in protecting the vulnerable against the effects of climate change as the UN marked the 70th Anniversary of the … Continue reading →