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Act now to provide COVID-19 vaccines for all: ECOSOC President
- UN News
Ensuring COVID-19 vaccines for all will be critical if the world is to defeat the pandemic, the President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Munir Akram, said on Friday in his address to the closing its high-level segment.
Deadly flooding, heatwaves in Europe, highlight urgency of climate action
- UN News
Heavy rainfall that has triggered deadly and catastrophic flooding in several western European countries, is just the latest indicator that all nations need to do more to hold back climate change-induced disasters, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Friday.
Cleantech Entrepreneurs Driving a Green Recovery in Barbados
- Inter Press Service
VIENNA, Jul 16 (IPS) - Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Eastern Caribbean island nation, famed for its beautiful landscapes, pristine white-sand beaches and temperate climate, attracted around a million tourists each year.
The Future of Food is in Our Hands
- Inter Press Service
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Jul 15 (IPS) - With its political and economic clout, the G20 should lead in delivering sustainable food systems as the world grapples with rising hunger, malnutrition and inequality.
‘Deeply negative impact’ of COVID pandemic, reverses SDG progress
- UN News
Closing a key international development forum on Thursday, the deputy UN chief observed that a year of “immense challenges” has reversed progress on meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Striving for Sustainability in Global Food Systems
- Inter Press Service
AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands, Jul 15 (IPS) - The writer is Manager – Sector Program, Global Reporting Initiative As the global community gears up for the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit in September, it is significant that preparations are also underway by Global Reporting Initiative to deliver a new sector reporting standard for agriculture, aquaculture, and fishing.
Fighting COVID-19, But Thinking About the Post-COVID-19 World
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jul 15 (IPS) - Europe, the United States and other countries have made important progress in reducing the dramatic impact of COVID-19 in key sectors of the economy and population. However, in some parts of Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Middle East, the devastating effects of the pandemic continue to severely affect these sectors. One sector in particular, the food and agriculture sector, has been deeply impacted.
Why Investing in Women is Key to Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Thailand, Jul 15 (IPS) - Last year, the Asia-Pacific region recorded its worst economic performance in decades. With the pandemic far from over, the region’s recovery is slow, fragile and highly uneven both across and within countries. As the region struggles to recover, how can countries rebuild their economies and revive their development?
Can We Make the Planet Earth a Utopia? Yes: Why Not?
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Jul 14 (IPS) - The only Planet in the Universe with living beings, including animal and plant life is the Planet Earth. Can we transform it to a Utopia, more or less, a Paradise. Yes, we can. Why not? If all Nations of the Planet have a genuine desire to have eternal peace and harmony, without recourse to a course that will lead to the destruction of the Planet to smithereens.
UN chief says race to reach SDGs ‘can and must’ be turned around
- UN News
The COVID pandemic has taken four million lives, devastated the global economy, pushed a further 124 million people into extreme poverty and continues to inflict profound suffering – dramatically impacting progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the UN chief said on Tuesday at a key international forum.
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