Ghana launches Sustainable Development Goals, budget baseline report
Ghana is the second country after Mexico to produce this report, the primary objective of which is to ensure a more effective tracking of Ghana’s performance on the SDGs.
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Myanmar and U.N. announce deal for safe return of Rohingya
United Nations says staff will visit Rakhine state in first step towards repatriation of 700,000 refugees camped in Bangladesh
World shipping industry agrees to halve carbon emissions by 2050
Members of the UN International Maritime Organisation on Friday struck a deal to halve carbon dioxide emissions from shipping by 2050 in a deal that will force the industry to redesign fleets.
Indigenous rights get boost as Green Climate Fund approves $1 billion for new projects
The fund – to which countries have pledged more than $10 billion – adopted a landmark policy to protect indigenous people who often live in or near forests, where the fund plans to back conservation projects.
Gambia’s river basin to be protected against climate change impacts
A new $25.5 million project from UN Environment and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) will protect Gambia’s natural landscape from the increasingly damaging effects of climate change.
38% of Fortune 50 companies now publicly support the Sustainable Development Goals
An impressive 38 percent of the F50 have made a public commitment to support the SDGs.
U.N. brokers deal to end use of children in Nigeria’s battle with Boko Haram
Officials hail landmark for child protection as youth vigilante group known as Civilian Joint Task Force pledges to draw a line under recruitment of minors
U.N. conference adopts treaty banning nuclear weapons
The treaty — adopted by a vote of 122 in favour to one against (Netherlands), with one abstention (Singapore) — prohibits a full range of nuclear-weapon-related activities, such as undertaking to develop, test, produce, manufacture, acquire, possess or stockpile nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices, as well as the use or threat of use of these weapons.
Nordic states support UN Sustainable Development Goals
Leaders of the five largest Nordic countries recently announced support of the Nordic countries as a whole for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agreed under UN auspices.
Nine of the world’s largest fisheries pledge to eradicate overfishing
Signatories of the pact include Maruha Nichiro Corporation and Nippon Suisan Kaish, the two largest fishing companies by revenues, as well as the world’s two largest tuna companies and the two largest aquafeed companies.