Tajikistan, GEF join hands to reduce maternal, child mortality rates
Tajikistan joined an initiative of the Global Financing Facility for Women Children and Adolescents (GEF) ...
Sustainable Development
Emissions from air conditioning, refrigeration to rise by 90 % in 2050
Emissions from air conditioning and refrigeration are expected to rise 90 percent from 2017 levels ...
France’s Saint Gobain opens new eco-friendly production line in Egypt’s SCZone at 8 m euros
The French company Saint Gobain opened a new eco-friendly production line of its mirrors factory ...
$450 million ISLANDS initiative concentrates on chemical, waste management
The Implementing Sustainable Low and Non-Chemical Development in Small Island Developing States (ISLANDS) program at $450 ...
First-ever United Nations Trade Forum on Sept 9 to focuses on SDGs, climate change
The first-ever United Nations Trade Forum – due to be held in Geneva on September ...
TikTok, Conservation International launch #SaveOurOceans challenge
TikTok, the leading destination for short-form mobile video, joined hands with Conservation International to launch ...
Etisalat Misr: Sustainability lies at core of our investments
Etisalat Misr CEO Khaled Hegazy stressed that sustainability lies at the core of the company’s ...
Every G7 country should have a feminist foreign policy
The sheer tenacity of women raising their voices and organizing for fundamental change has been, ...
Multiplying Environmental and Carbon Benefits in High Andean Ecosystems proves successful in pilot stage
The Multiplying Environmental and Carbon Benefits in High Andean Ecosystems project has proved to be ...
From Sustainable Development Goals to Space Sustainability Goals
In diplomatic circles more than ever before we talk about an increasingly congested, contested and ...
Int’l, UAE universities invited to participate in WETEX, Dubai Solar Show with their sustainability innovations
The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has invited youths from international and UAE universities ...
Young Ecuadorian uses banana waste as water biofilters
Maricela Granda, a Young Champion of the Earth changemaker, has developed a way to purify ...
The Amazon rainforest is burning, but it is food price profiteering that really swings the axe
The Amazon rainforest, this wonder of nature sprawling across nine countries in Latin America, holds a ...
2019 Int’l Literacy Day to encourage multilingualism
The world will mark on September 9 the 2019 International Literacy Day (ILD) under the ...
UNIDO, FAO, AU join forces to accelerate African youth employment in agriculture score under SDGs
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United ...
World Bank to extend $30.6m to four OECS states to improve health system
The World Bank decided to extend a $30.6 million regional health project to improve regional ...
Transition from informal economy to formality prerequisite of SDG8
The grey economy or informal economy is defined as the diversified set of economic activities, ...
Blue economy vital for attaining SDGs, savine marine creatures
The concept of “blue economy” is premised on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). According to the ...
UN Women chief urges G7 leaders to commit to overturn discriminatory laws
UN Women chief urges G7 leaders to commit to overturn discriminatory laws The UN Women ...
The Open Golf tournament is for 1st time free from single-use plastic bottles
The 2019 golf tournament “The open” is for the first time in the last few ...
7% of global GDP to vanish by 2100 if no climate action taken – study
A study suggests that 7% of global GDP will disappear by 2100 as a result ...