World leaders rally for ‘full-speed’ climate action ahead of COP30
Stories & Blogs UNApr 23, 2025(UN Story )At a high-stakes virtual summit on Wednesday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva brought together 17 national leaders from major economies and climate-vulnerable countries.
How cleaner production bolsters economic resilience in developing countries
Stories & Blogs UNCTADApr 22, 2025(News )From protecting the environment to empowering bottom-up innovation and improving livelihoods, efforts are underway to connect the dots and accelerate progress towards prosperity for all.
UN Global Compact and private sector move to accelerate progress on SDGs in Africa.
Stories & Blogs UN Global CompactApr 11, 2025(News )To accelerate progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Africa, the United Nations Global Compact hosted the SDGs Activation Day earlier this week as part of its Forward Faster Now Africa initiative.
Marking International Day, Secretary-General Stresses ‘In Our World of Plenty, Poverty Should Have No Home’, Calls for Renewed Commitment to Achieve SDGs
Stories & Blogs UNOct 06, 2023(Press Release )“In our world of plenty, poverty should have no home. Yet, as we mark the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, nearly 700 million people are barely scraping by, living on less than $2.15 per day” UN Secretary-General António Guterres .
Local and Regional Engagement, Action and Multi-Level Cooperation Are Vital to Rescue SDGs and Contribute to Topics under the Summit of Future
Stories & Blogs UNOct 06, 2023(Press Release )UN Secretary-General António Guterres launched his Advisory Group on Local and Regional Governments, through its first hybrid meeting among its 20 members.
African leaders take bold stand for sustainable development at UN Assembly
Stories & Blogs UNSep 20, 2023(Story )Addressing the UN General Assembly on Wednesday, leaders from African nations voiced their commitment to achieving sustainable development and called for a more equitable and prosperous world.
‘Reform or rupture’ says Guterres, calling for multilateralism to be remade for the 21st century
Stories & Blogs UNSep 19, 2023(Story )Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday warned the world is “becoming unhinged” and underscored the United Nations’ raison d'être, to resolve global crises during times of “maximum danger and minimum agreement.”
Sustainable Development Goals Require Global Rescue Plan, Secretary-General Tells Political Forum, Hailing Effort to Improve Developing Nations’ Access to Finance
Stories & Blogs UNSep 18, 2023(Press Release )“We can prevail. If we act now. If we act together. If we keep our promise to the billions of people whose hopes, dreams and futures you hold in your hands. Now is the time’ Said Antonio Guterres.
Think Big, Be Ambitious ‘to Get Sustainable Development Goals Back on Track’, Stresses Secretary-General, Opening Acceleration Day.
Stories & Blogs UNSep 17, 2023(Press Release )“You are all part of a great global effort to rescue the SDGs, and deliver the action that our planet and people around the world are counting on. But right now, we are losing the fight” Antonio Guterres.
Better Data ‘Indispensable Scaffolding That Supports Progress across All Sustainable Development Goals, Stresses Deputy Secretary-General.
Stories & Blogs UNSep 17, 2023(Press Release )“Our world is confronting a cascade of crises that are undermining hard-won development gains and threatening lives and livelihoods everywhere” Amina Mohammed.