Off-screen, lead ‘Game of Thrones’ actor takes up arms to defend the planet
It would be a stretch to describe Jaime Lannister, the character in the hit TV Show Game of Thrones, played by Danish actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, as a positive role model.
Bertrand Piccard’s new global challenge: 1000 solutions for a cleaner planet
The global explorer Bertrand Piccard piloted the first balloon to traverse the globe in 1999, and in 2016 he was at the controls of the first plane to fly around the world powered only by the sun: Solar Impulse.
From Wakanda to Women’s Rights: actor Winston Duke shows his support for gender parity
Winston Duke, best known for his role as M’Baku in the hit film Black Panther, is an avowed activist and feminist.
‘We’re all in this together’ says UN Ocean Envoy, in battle to save life below the waves
Sea life, and the ocean that sustains it, is in “very deep trouble”, says the UN Special Envoy tasked with helping the world reach Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14, but it’s not too late to get there.
‘Don’t give up on the Central African Republic’, urges UN humanitarian coordinator
Don’t give up on the people of the Central African Republic, or CAR, or the chance that a lasting peace can finally be established there.
Prisoner, paediatrician, president: how Michelle Bachelet’s background informs her new role as UN human rights chief
As former President of Chile, Michelle Bachelet knows the hard realities of politics that Heads of Government face as they try to push through their agenda.
Migrant countries should do more to sustain livelihoods in source nations: UNCTAD
Migration “is a force for good” for host nations, but more could be done to offer migrants economic opportunities closer to home, the head of UN trade agency UNCTAD has said.
Multilateralism is ‘under siege’ in a world where ‘collective response’ is vital: Deputy UN chief
When it comes to tackling migration, climate change or seemingly intractable conflicts, the doctrine of collective responsibility, embodied by the UN, is the only way forward, according to Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed.