Mobile-Phone Technology Powers Saving Surge in Developing Economies.
Stories & Blogs World Bank (Press release )Number of Adults Using Accounts to Save Rises at Fastest Clip in a Decade.
Global Gas Flaring Hits Highest Level Since 2007, Undermining Energy Security, Access, and Emissions Goals
Stories & Blogs World Bank (Press release )Global gas flaring surged for a second year in a row, wasting about $63 billion in lost energy and setting back efforts to manage emissions and boost energy security and access.
UN Refugee Agency estimates 2.5 million people need resettlement.
Stories & Blogs UNHCR (Briefing )UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, estimates that 2.5 million refugees worldwide will need to be resettled next year, according to the Projected Global Resettlement Needs report released.
2025 Conference on Land Policy in Africa (CLPA2025
Event November 10 - 14, 2025 - Venue/Format: Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)Organizer: ECA
2nd UN Tourism and ICAO Ministerial Conference on Tourism and Air Transport in Africa
Event July 22 - 24, 2025 - Venue/Format: Luanda (Angola)Organizer: UN Tourism
UNHCR warns crisis reaching breaking point as Sudanese refugee numbers triple in Chad.
Stories & Blogs UNHCR (Briefing )UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is raising the alarm over the deepening humanitarian emergency in eastern Chad.
Indigenous Economic Autonomy for a Sustainable Future
Event May 29-30, 2025 - Venue/Format: World Bank, C Building C1-450, Washington DC. And, via ZoomOrganizer: World Bank
4th United Nations Open Science and Open Scholarship Conference
Event October 16 – 18, 2025 - Venue/Format: UN Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryOrganizer: UN Dag Hammarskjöld Library
2nd UN Tourism and ICAO Ministerial Conference on Tourism and Air Transport in Africa
Event July 22 - 24, 2025 - Venue/Format: Luanda, AngolaOrganizer: UN Tourism
69th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69)
Event March 10 to 21, 2025 - Venue/Format: March 10 to 21, 2025 The United Nations (UN) Headquarters, New York, United StatesOrganizer: UN-Women