SDGs

Researchers travelling on a small canal during a field visit to the Sundarbans in Bangladesh.
FAO/Mondal Falgoonee Kumar

Bangladesh: World Heritage Site threatened by ‘heedless industrialisation’ - UN expert

31 July 2018
Economic Development

The Sundarbans forest, a which is the largest contiguous mangrove forest in the world and home to several endangered species, is being threatened by “heedless industrialization”, according to a UN rights expert, who on Tuesday, called on the Government of Bangladesh to halt the process. 

Alan Bigelow (r) and Arun Raman (l) of Solar Cookers International, display solar cooking aparatus on the sidelines of the High Level Political Forum at UN Headquarters in New York.
UN News/Elizabeth Scaffidi

Solar cooking helps sauce up Sustainable Development Goals

20 July 2018
Interviews

Solar cooking can help achieve all the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including those related to clean water and gender equality, according to Alan Bigelow, Science Director at Solar Cookers International (SCI).  Solar cooking utilizes heat generated directly from the sun instead of converting sunlight to electricity.  Mr. Bigelow spoke with UN News about the revolutionary cookers.

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Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

‘Unlock full power of business’ to achieve Global Goals, UN deputy chief tells forum

17 July 2018
SDGs

Businesses can contribute in important ways to the realization of a world free of poverty and hunger by 2030, including through job creation, technological innovation and the provision of finance resources, the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General said on Tuesday.

Michelle Yeoh, Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), makes remarks during the opening of the Ministerial segment of 2018 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development.
UN Photo/Loey Felipe

‘Every voice, every step, every action, every dollar counts’ towards success of SDGs, says UN goodwill ambassador

17 July 2018
Interviews

Together, “we can find the right answers” for a safer and better world, said a UN goodwill ambassador on Monday, who has been taking part in a major forum at UN Headquarters in New York, on how countries can advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In Facebook live interview, actress Michelle Yeoh, Goodwill Ambassador for UNDP, spoke to Nanette Braun, highlighting the link between poverty and gender inequality, sustainable consumption and participation by youth.

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