All posts tagged "United Nations"
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Analysis
World Bicycle Day: COVID-19 pandemic has revived cycling
June 3, 2021The COVID-19 pandemic has made us value health more than ever and as such, many of...
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News
S Jaishankar and UN Chief discuss COVID-19 vaccine solutions and supply chains
May 26, 2021India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and the United Nations General Secretary Antonio Guterres on Tuesday,...
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Environment
Right interventions and policies could help India decarbonize public transport
May 25, 2021India is the world’s fourth largest emitter of greenhouse gases (GHG) from fuel combustion after the...
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COVID19
UNICEF urges G7 countries to donate excess supplies of COVID-19 vaccines to global COVAX sharing scheme
May 17, 2021The United Nations children’s agency UNICEF has requested G7 countries to donate excess supplies of COVID-19...
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Health
Global hunger was at 5-yr high last year; outlook for 2021 even worse: UN
May 6, 2021Around 155 million people faced acute food insecurity in 2020 as a result of global conflicts,...
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COVID19
India’s restrictions on COVID-19 vaccine exports to impact poor countries
March 26, 2021Poor countries will be impacted the most because of India’s decision to restrict COVID-19 vaccine exports....
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Environment
Top scientists warn of accelerating climate change, “ghastly future” ahead
January 14, 2021An international group of scientists believe the world is headed for a “ghastly future” because of...
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Climate Change
UN chief calls on world governments to declare State of Climate Emergency
December 13, 2020The UN chief Antonio Guterres has called on governments to declare a “State of Climate Emergency”...
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COVID19
Future pandemics will be deadlier than COVID-19: UN Biodiversity Panel
October 31, 2020The United Nation’s Biodiversity Panel has warned that future pandemic will be more deadlier than the...
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COVID19
WHO warns vaccine nationalism will prolong COVID-19 pandemic
October 26, 2020As countries race to get a vaccine against COVID-19 ready, the World Health Organization (WHO) has...
