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Did you know that faith-based organizations control 8 per cent of the Earth’s habitable land, 5 per cent of commercial forests and 10 per cent of financial institutions? Well, they do, which gives them a…
From action on climate, biodiversity, health, gender equality and more, world leaders, academics, young activists and others turned their attention to the United Nations in September with the need to work together…
New York, 30 September 2020 — Recognizing that the continued deterioration and degradation of the world’s natural ecosystems were having major impacts on the lives and livelihoods of people everywhere, world…
Subtle shifts aren’t good enough, says Doreen Robinson, Chief of Wildlife at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). It’s time for a system-wide transformation. On the day of the UN Summit on Biodiversity…
Speech prepared for the first International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste QU Dongyu, Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations H.E. Luis Basterra, Minister of…
Speech prepared for delivery at the opening of the World Circular Economy Forum: Rebooting the economy with circular solutions. Firstly, let me thank the Finnish Innovation Fund, Sitra, in collaboration with the…
We need nature if we want to build a more prosperous world Our societies are intimately linked with and depend on biodiversity. Biodiversity is essential for people, including through its provision of nutritious…
Today, a group of youth leaders presented a Manifesto and Open Letter during the Nature for Life Hub at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The initiative draws from a wide body of work by youth groups…
COVID-19 has exposed how the degradation of ecosystems is not only undermining Earth’s life-supporting systems, including the regulation of disease but also leaving our societies and economies tremendously…
Dushanbe/Kabul, 24 September 2020 - The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the Republic of Tajikistan have taken an important step in strengthening joint efforts to protect their unique, shared mountain ecosystem…
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