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The planet is far off track from meeting its climate goals, undermining global efforts to tackle hunger, poverty and ill-health, improve access to clean water, sanitation and energy, protect the oceans and many other aspects of sustainable development, according to a new multi-agency report coordinated by the World Meteorological Organization…

The 38th UN-Water Meeting, held on 18-19 August 2023 at the headquarters of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) in Stockholm, Sweden, was the first time UN-Water Members and Partners had met as a family since the UN 2023 Water Conference, with implementation of its key outcomes as a…

António Guterres said that if AI became primarily a weapon to launch cyberattacks, generate deepfakes, or for spreading disinformation and hate speech, it would have very serious consequences for global peace and security. “Look no further than social media. Tools and platforms that were designed to enhance human connection are now used…

United Nations Member States face the “no size fits all” challenge when implementing adaptation measures and defining actions to face climate change impacts and water-related disasters, according to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). In this context, bottom-up approaches present an alternative for resilient water management in the…

UNCTAD examines how to use new technologies to improve existing systems and get safe water and sanitation to all. © UNDP Lebanon | An extension of the main water supply network reaches Kfar Roummane, a village in southern Lebanon. This year’s World Water Day on 22 March focuses on accelerating change to solve…

On Saturday, June 5, the 24th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum ended in Russia. In four days, the SPIEF site was visited by 13 thousand people from 140 countries ...

The growth drivers of the global economy in 2021 will be deferred demand in China and large-scale cash injections into the US economy, the World Bank said. But many developing countries will not be able to compensate for the decline in their income.