Tag «SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS»

100 Coalitions Raise Ambition for Climate Change and Sustainable Development Goals at Impact Summit

The World Economic Forum, the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation, will host its annual action-oriented Sustainable Development Impact Summit in New York on 24-25 September. The Summit, a unique platform, will connect and advance over 100 world-leading coalitions to raise ambition and turn commitments into action on climate change and sustainable development It demonstrates the …

UNODC Executive Director Yury Fedotov highlights the need to strengthen criminal justice to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals

VIENNA/BANGKOK, 5 March 2018 (UN Information Service) — Yury Fedotov, the Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), urged governments today to promote greater cooperation to comprehensively address justice, governance and sustainable development. Mr. Fedotov was speaking at the High-Level Conference on Sustainable Development, Crime Prevention and Safe Societies in Bangkok. …

One UN collaboration on access to and awareness raising of Earth observation for Sustainable Development Goals

VIENNA/GENEVA, 4 September (UN Information Service) – The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) have agreed to collaborate to further their common goals, particularly the use of space-based technology for the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable …

Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals

IMO has a key role in implementing a number of UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which relate directly or indirectly to the oceans, protection of the environment and the maritime industry. How to support the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and implement the UN SDGS is therefore a key theme which underpins the work of …

1 in 10 infants worldwide did not receive any vaccinations in 2016

17 July 2017 | GENEVA – Worldwide, 12.9 million infants, nearly 1 in 10, did not receive any vaccinations in 2016, according to the most recent WHO and UNICEF immunization estimates. This means, critically, that these infants missed the first dose of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP)-containing vaccine, putting them at serious risk of these potentially fatal diseases. …

2.1 billion people lack safe drinking water at home, more than twice as many lack safe sanitation

12 July 2017 | GENEVA | NEW YORK – Some 3 in 10 people worldwide, or 2.1 billion, lack access to safe, readily available water at home, and 6 in 10, or 4.5 billion, lack safely managed sanitation, according to a new report by WHO and UNICEF. The Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) report, Progress on drinking water, …

Vienna Energy Forum participants formulate key messages reflecting role of energy in implementing Sustainable Development Goals and Paris climate agreement

VIENNA, 15 May (United Nations Industrial Development Organization) – Participants at the Vienna Energy Forum, which ended on Friday in the Austrian capital, agreed on ten key messages that highlight the catalytic role of energy for the successful implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement on climate. Key message 1 – …

UN Global Compact Convenes 300 Business Leaders in India to Take Action on the Sustainable Development Goals

Making Global Goals Local Business – India flagship event will bring together local and global leaders to mobilize responsible business actions, drive breakthrough innovation and create new market opportunities to achieve the SDGs (New Delhi 21 April 2017) – Next week the United Nations Global Compact will bring together over 300 leaders from business, …

Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Climate Agreement: Now It’s Time to Act

The Sustainable Development Goals and climate change go together – at their nexus is disaster risk reduction Climate change undermines development gains The Paris Climate Agreement gives the private sector an unprecedented opportunity to foster a race to the top of climate ambitions For more information about the Annual Meeting 2016, please visit www.weforum.org Davos-Klosters, …

YES BANK becomes the first Indian bank to join World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)

Sustainable Banking for a Sustainable Economy Geneva, 18 January 2016: Today, YES BANK, India’s fifth largest private sector bank, joins nearly 200 forward-thinking companies across the globe as the newest member of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). YES BANK is the first Indian bank to become a member of this …