“Mer de Glace”, or Sea of Ice, is France’s largest glacier and the second largest in the Alps. Located in the Mont Blanc massif, the...

Insufficient physical activity is a leading risk factor for non-communicable disease, negatively impacting mental health and overall...

The Challenge There is no development without fuelling the engine of growth. Energy is critical and people with no sustainable access to...

Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) or sheep and goat plague is a highly contagious animal disease affecting small ruminants. An estimated...

FREETOWN and MAGBOGBOKO, Sierra Leone – In 2014, the world's deadliest outbreak of the Ebola virus struck West Africa, killing more than...

When you think of the ways in which wars and conflicts are fought, water wouldn’t immediately come to mind, but in many conflicts,...

Using land to produce food, clothing, paper, and other goods has a huge impact on the planet's climate. In fact, it’s responsible for...

Meeting the urgent humanitarian needs of millions of displaced and returning Syrians inside the country is the immediate priority of the...

Every living thing depends on the ocean. Covering more than 70% of our planet’s surface, it contains the largest diversity of life on...

Every effort should be made to bring a global treaty into force that prevents more countries from developing nuclear weapons, UN...

The rapid onset of the deadly African Swine Fever (ASF) in China has been detected in areas a thousand kilometres apart – posing an...

The Challenge Every year millions of people, most of them children, die from diseases associated with inadequate water supply,...

Domestic resources are the largest and most important source of finance for sustainable development. In the developing world as a whole,...

Seven years after the 2011 Revolution and four years after the adoption of the Constitution, women now make up 47 per cent of the local...

Illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing (IUU) costs the global economy up to $36.4 billion a year. While authorities work to keep...

A dramatic act of protest reminds companies to take responsibility for the wasteful packaging they produce. Each morning this week I've...

Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the Executive Director of the United Nations entity dealing with issues related to gender, UN Women, has...

Rebel violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is escalating inside the vast country’s Ebola-hit North Kivu province,...

The Board of UNADAP (United Nations Associations for Development and Peace), is honoured to appoint His Excellency, Amb. Ashok Sajjanhar,...

United Nations agencies must join forces at the policy level and refuse interference from tobacco companies in their programmes so the...