News headlines for “Sustainable Development”, page 1193
Link between education and well-being never clearer, UN pushes for ‘health-promoting’ schools
- UN News
With school closures triggered by COVID-19 disrupting both education and access to nutritious meals, two UN agencies on Tuesday launched new measures to help improve the well-being of 1.9 billion school-aged children and adolescents around the world.
Time running out to prevent ‘worst case scenario’ arising in Afghanistan
- UN News
With all the major indicators for Afghanistan’s security and development looking “negative or stagnant” as international troops withdraw, the threats that lie ahead cannot be overstated, the top UN official in the country told the Security Council on Tuesday.
Great Barrier Reef in danger, UN World Heritage Committee draft report finds
- UN News
A United Nations body is recommending that Australia’s Great Barrier Reef be included on a list of world heritage in danger, according to a draft report issued on Monday, a move which has been heavily criticized by the Australian Government.
Famine knocking at the door of 41 million worldwide, WFP warns
- UN News
Famine is already present in four countries but millions more people are at risk, the World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Tuesday, underscoring the need for urgent funding and humanitarian access to reach those in need.
‘Invisible’ stateless people could miss out on COVID-19 jabs, UNHCR warns
- UN News
Millions of stateless people around the world could miss out on COVID-19 vaccinations because they lack identity papers and are essentially “invisible to the authorities”.
The Importance of Being Listed: Why Politics Threaten the Protection of Children in Armed Conflict
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Jun 22 (IPS) - Frontline workers who document and respond to violations against children have faced a particularly challenging last year, from the impact of Covid-19 on operations and child protection to the record levels of displacement worldwide to the ever-worsening threats from militaries and non-state armed groups.
Three Million in Three Years: Jamaicas Tree-Planting to Tackle Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Jun 22 (IPS) - By the time he is finished, Dr. Satyanarayana Parvataneni expects he will be responsible for planting over 200,000 tree seedlings in Jamaica. It is an effort driven by a desire to preserve the planet for the next generation, as well as the one of the largest contributions to date to a national effort to plant three million trees in three years.
Sowing Water: A Cuban Farm's Bid for Sustainability
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Jun 21 (IPS) - Cuban farmer José Antonio Casimiro found in the ageold technique of sowing water an opportunity to meet his farm's water needs and mitigate the increasingly visible effects of climate change.
Slow progress, stubborn cycles of violence, as South Sudan turns 10
- UN News
South Sudan, the UN’s youngest Member State, is marking its tenth anniversary of independence amid languishing political progress and a range of humanitarian challenges, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative told Security Council members on Monday.
COVID-19: First mRNA vaccine tech transfer hub a ‘great step forward’
- UN News
The World Health Organization (WHO) is supporting a South African consortium in establishing the first COVID-19 mRNA vaccine technology transfer hub, the UN agency announced on Monday.
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