As of next week (25th September) it will be one year since 193 world leaders adopted the Sustainable Development Goals at the UN General Assembly. Following which these...
The 2017 Ashden Awards has been launched today and Ashden are calling for entries, initiating an opportunity for sustainable energy pioneers in the UK, developing countries...
Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December. It commemorates the day on which, in 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal...
With 12 weeks until the close of the COP21 climate summit, we already know that nations’ commitments must become much more ambitious in order to keep...
UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has called for collaborative measures to tackle the issue of food and nutrition security, saying that a global commitment to sustainable agriculture...
United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has highlighted peace and security as a “critical ‘fourth dimension’ for sustainable development” in his message for the International Day for...
Ban Ki-moon has played up the role of tourism in tackling some of the world’s most urgent challenges, including climate change and a global shift to...
Eight of the world’s largest multilateral development banks have pledged $175 billion (£111 billion) towards improving sustainable transport. The commitment was made at the UN secretary-general...