Countries from around the world are meeting in the Colombian city of Cali, to discuss how best to protect biological diversity and develop a lasting blueprint that will allow humankind to live in harmony with nature.

There is no word for climate change in Wayunaikki, the language of the Wayúu Indigenous Peoples of South America, but since the crisis is battering their communities, they may just have found a key to resilience: a humble bean.

The UN biodiversity summit known as COP16 officially opened in Colombia on Monday, and hopes are high that negotiating countries can agree on a path forward to safeguarding the planet.

Secretary-General António Guterres urged delegations from some 190 countries to “make peace with nature” and shore up a plan to stop habitat loss, save endangered species, and preserve our planet’s precious ecosystems as the latest UN biodiversity summit got under way...

More than a billion people worldwide live in acute poverty and 40 per cent are in countries exposed to violent conflict, according to a UN-backed study published on Thursday. 

Everyone has a right to food. World Food Day, marked annually on 16 October, is being celebrated in more than 150 countries and over 50 languages. Stay tuned throughout the day as we take you to Rome for the main event at 10am local time at the headquarters of the...

A UN Women report reveals that policies ranging from cash benefits to healthcare and pensions are not being extended to enough women and girls, leaving them more vulnerable to poverty worldwide.

To meet the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the UN General Assembly President on Monday emphasised Africa’s potential and the urgent need for both international support and systemic reforms across the continent.  

High in the mountains of Houaphanh province in the north of Laos in an area historically known for opium cultivation, farmers are creating a more secure and sustainable future with the cultivation of coffee.

When Ahmadi, a local storyteller on the Indonesian island of Simeulue, sings a lullaby to his one-year-old grandson, the song is not one about fairies and angels but rather about the precautions to take in a potential tsunami.

As the world marked the International Day of the Girl Child on Friday, a town hall held at UN Headquarters provided an opportunity for young women activists to engage directly with policymakers and offer recommendations on what they need to fully realise their rights. 

Every September when UN Headquarters in New York is swamped – massive motorcades, intense security, snipers on rooftops and world leaders descending along with throngs of diplomats, media and celebrities – it’s not easy to grasp what exactly is going on or what was...

 UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed told thousands gathered in New York’s Central Park on Saturday that although it is easy to be miserable in today’s world, they represent the hope needed to defeat poverty, defend the planet and demand equity.

Antimicrobial resistance, or AMR, is an invisible killer, so world leaders will soon gather at a high-level meeting at UN Headquarters on Thursday at 10am local time to discuss the best ways forward and adopt a political declaration that focuses on a coordinated...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on Tuesday for finance, climate action and peace to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the 2030 deadline. 

The President of the UN General Assembly urged all nations to sustain their momentum toward decisive action, advancing the outcomes of the Summit of the Future, as it concluded on Monday.

World leaders are at UN Headquarters in New York this Sunday where in just a few minutes time the UN's Summit of the Future will begin; a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reimagine the multilateral system and steer humanity on a new course to meet existing...

A groundbreaking art installation at UN Headquarters by renowned media artist Refik Anadol leverages artificial intelligence to raise awareness of the beauty and fragility of the world’s coral reefs, and the urgent need to address the climate crisis.

As world leaders gather at the UN for the Summit of the Future and General Assembly High-Level Week, the UN Deputy Secretary-General emphasised the critical role they can play driving innovation and change.

The report details how this debt crisis is jeopardising progress aimed at ending AIDS in Sub-Saharan African countries, which account for a significant majority of people living with HIV globally – 25.9 million people of the nearly 40 million total.

The imperative for global regulation of the booming artificial intelligence field, or AI, is “irrefutable”, a new report from a UN expert group said on Thursday, adding that development and use of such a technology “cannot be left to the whims of markets...

A once-in-a-generation UN summit bringing together countries from around the world marks a critical opportunity for far-reaching agreements on international collaboration for a safer, more sustainable and more equitable world, said UN Secretary-General António...

Governments, experts and civil society representatives met in Brazil this week for a UN-backed conference to examine solutions that address the interlinked challenges of the climate emergency and the sustainable development crisis. 

Joint efforts by China and Africa can spark new momentum for development on the continent, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Friday, at a high-level meeting in Beijing. 

The global trend for shrinking pay packets in heavily industrialized economies could be driven – at least temporarily - by tech innovations in the workplace such as automation and AI, the UN International Labour Organization, ILO, said on Wednesday.