Achieving the Paris Agreement Goals: Our Race to the Top
Stories & Blogs UNSDG (Story )On 12 December 2015, the world reached consensus on the Paris Agreement – our legally binding, universal treaty to combat climate catastrophe.
Commodity Prices to Hit Six-Year Low in 2026 as Oil Glut Expands
Stories & Blogs World Bank (Press Release )Global commodity prices are projected to fall to their lowest level in six years in 2026
"Now is the time to choose": UN Chief's remarks at the General Assembly.
Stories & Blogs UNSDG (Announcement )“…The pillars of peace and progress are buckling under the weight of impunity, inequality, and indifference…” UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
Why economic inequality matters for development
Stories & Blogs World Bank (World Bank Blog )Decreasing high levels of inequality can spur economic development, strengthen human capital, and speed up poverty reduction.
From water to electricity: The rural-urban infrastructure gap in seven charts.
Stories & Blogs World Bank (Blog )In Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, rural areas still house the majority of the population.
People-centered AI in education: Five lessons from the Global South.
Stories & Blogs World Bank (Blog )In just six weeks, secondary school students in Edo, Nigeria participating in an after-school program combining AI tutoring with teacher guidance, achieved learning gains of 0.31 standard deviations, equivalent to roughly 1.5–2 years of typical schooling.
From pledges to action: The Second International Decade for People of African Descent
Stories & Blogs OHCHR (Story )“People of colour, people of African descent, marginalised communities, Indigenous communities […] we have to advocate in the best way that we possibly can for justice, human rights, equal opportunity,” said Emelda Davis
Cameroon: Restrictions on civic space risk undermining presidential election, Türk warns
Stories & Blogs OHCHR (Press Release )Growing restrictions on civic and democratic space in Cameroon in the lead up to the presidential election in October raise fears about whether voters can freely express their will, said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today.