Gloomy youth pull US and western Europe down global happiness ranking
London, UK Reuters Rising unhappiness among younger people has caused the United States and some large western European countries to fall down a global wellbeing index, while Nordic nations retain their grip on the top spots. The annual World Happiness Report, launched in 2012 to support the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, is based on […]
Britain’s Prince William talks climate change with UN chief
United Nations Reuters Britain’s Prince William met with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in New York on Monday and discussed “efforts required to accelerate the fight against climate change and protect the environment,” a UN spokesperson said. “They also discussed efforts to enhance implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, as well as financing for development,” […]
World leaders warn goals to fight hunger, poverty, climate change in peril
United NationsReuters World leaders meeting at the United Nations on Monday warned of the peril the world faces unless it acts with urgency to rescue a set of 2030 development goals to wipe out hunger and extreme poverty and to battle climate change. Their declaration, adopted by consensus at a summit before the annual UN […]
Global hunger worse today than in 2015, imperiling UN goals – report
Washington DC, USReuters There are 745 million more moderately to severely hungry people in the world today than in 2015, and the world is far off track in its efforts to meet an ambitious United Nations goal to end hunger by 2030, the UN said in a report on Friday. At the halfway point to […]
With 735 million people hungry, UN says world is “off track” to meet its 2030 goal
Reuters About 735 million people worldwide faced chronic hunger in 2022, a figure much higher than before the COVID-19 pandemic and which threatens progress towards a global goal to end hunger by 2030, said the United Nations on Wednesday. A multi-year upward trend in hunger rates leveled off last year as many countries recovered economically […]
Most parts of world saw maternal mortality rates spike in 2020
Reuters Maternal mortality rates climbed or stagnated in nearly all regions across the world in 2020, according to a report released by UN agencies on Wednesday, marking a major setback in global efforts to combat complications during childbirth or pregnancy. The report, which tracks maternal mortality nationally, regionally and globally from 2000 to 2020, showed […]
Cost to hit UN sustainability goals rises to $US176 trillion – report
London, UKReuters The cost of meeting global targets to fight issues such as hunger, poverty and climate change rose 25 per cent to $US176 trillion over the last year, with performance on several measures reversing, a report on Thursday said. The funding shortfall for the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, a series of 2030 targets backed […]
UN faces $US100 trillion shortfall in fight against climate change, inequality – report
London, UKReuters Global goals tackling poverty, inequality, injustice and climate change face a $US100 trillion funding shortfall and are likely to be missed unless 10 per cent of global economic output is directed to the UN targets every year to 2030, a report on Friday said. The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals set targets on everything […]
Hundreds of cities back UN fight against global woes
New York, USReuters Some 332 local governments worldwide have backed a New York City-led campaign to address global goals tackling poverty, inequality, injustice and climate change and pledged to report their progress to the United Nations. The governments signed on to a voluntary declaration drafted by New York City, up from some 22 cities when […]
COVID won’t respect borders – UN urges divided world to unite
New York City, USThomson Reuters Foundation The United Nations on Thursday urged a divided world to unite against a virus that ignores all borders, saying the pandemic could delay by a decade its goal to end global inequalities. A new UN report estimated that the novel coronavirus has unleashed the worst recession in 90 years, […]