Who are the Blue Helmets? UN peacekeeping, explained
Sep 21, 2022 · United Nations peacekeepers are used to help countries transition out of conflict. Since the UN’s founding, over 1 million peacekeepers have been deployed in more than 70 …
Davos 2025: Speech by the United Nations' António Guterres
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Catherine McDonald is a PhD candidate at the University of St. Gallen and a research assistant at the Institute for Business Ethics (IWE). Her research focuses on how firms engage in …
What was agreed at COP16 to combat global desertification
Dec 19, 2024 · Against the backdrop of a deepening environmental crisis, the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) under the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) …
If shipping were a country, it would be the world’s sixth-biggest ...
Apr 18, 2018 · Between 2007 and 2012 (the most recent period for which we found data), global shipping by sea amounted to an average of 1 billion metric tons of CO2 per year, according to …
The UN has a 17-step plan to save the world - The World …
Aug 31, 2017 · The SDGs were agreed upon at a UN summit in September 2015 by a staggering 193 countries. Announcing them to the world, the UN declared: “We resolve, between now and …