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As the deadline for the 2030 Agenda looms, ministers, experts, and civil society leaders from around the world will convene in New York next week for a high-level UN forum to fast-track action on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).The 2025…
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Civil society organisations have welcomed the consensus reached at the landmark sustainable development conference concluding this Thursday in Sevilla, while cautioning that real progress will depend on sustained action.Activists, many from the…
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The landmark Financing for Development conference in Sevilla has concluded with a renewed sense of resolve and a focus on action that can change lives worldwide, according to UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed.“The human consequences of…
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The NGO Working Group to End Homelessness, in collaboration with various civil society partners, hosted the event “Centering Homelessness in Light of the Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development and Achieving Agenda 2030” at CSocD63. Opening…
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In 2025, the United Nations will convene the Second World Summit for Social Development (WSSD) to address ongoing social challenges and renew commitments made in the 1995 Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development and Programme of…
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The coming year brings a number of major milestones for sustainable development. Throughout the year, key events and observances offer opportunities to highlight interconnected solutions and galvanize action. A throughline for many of these events…
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As the world grapples with complex global concerns like poverty, inequality, and climate change, it’s the poorest communities that are often hardest hit and the most challenging to support.
To address these pressing issues, the World Bank…
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Record-breaking floods in Spain, violent storms in Florida and wildfires in South America – these are just a few examples of the extreme weather events accelerating and intensifying across the world. With the cost of inaction clearer than ever,…
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Cities are both the victims of climate change and among its worst offenders: though disproportionately exposed to its impacts, they are also responsible for generating a significant share of global greenhouse gas emissions. From flooding to…
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The Hunger Hotspots: FAO/WFP Early Warnings on Acute Food Insecurity report is a series of analytical products produced under the Global Network Against Food Crises initiative, to enhance and coordinate the generation and sharing of…
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More than 260 million people in the Asia-Pacific region could be pushed into poverty in the next decade unless governments step up with robust social protection schemes, according to a United Nations report released earlier this month.
The findings…
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The twelfth session of the World Urban Forum (WUF12), organized by UN-Habitat, will take place in Cairo, Egypt, from 4 to 8 November 2024.
As the largest UN non-legislative event on sustainable urbanization, with over 20,000 participants expected…