SDGs

Hawaii's landscape is largely volcanic.
ILO Photo/John Isaac

First Person: Humankind’s ‘modern mentality to tame’ the environment: A volcanologist’s view

31 March 2020
Asia Pacific

The 17 goals agreed by the global community to reduce poverty and create a sustainable planet are the responsibility of all people, wherever they are in the world, according to the United Nations. The Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs represent a boundary-pushing blueprint for the future of the Earth and it’s anticipated they will be realized by 2030. UN News joined the International Labour Organization on a visit to Hawaii where many people are already living or studying aspects of the goals in their everyday work.

Diane Paloma is the CEO of Lunalilo Home in Honolulu, Hawaii.
UN News/Daniel Dickinson

First Person: Hawaii’s ‘silver tsunami’: the challenge of caring for kupuna elders

28 March 2020
Asia Pacific

The 17 goals agreed by the global community to reduce poverty and create a sustainable planet are the responsibility of all people, wherever they are in the world, according to the United Nations. The Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs represent a boundary-pushing blueprint for the future of the Earth and it’s anticipated they will be realized by 2030. UN News joined the International Labour Organization on a visit to Hawaii where many people are already living aspects of the goals in their everyday work. 

Mouna went to a Gulf country with the help of a recruitment agency, she was lied to, and trafficked.
© Sibylle Desjardins / IOM

First Person: False promises in Mauritania

28 March 2020
Africa

Women and girls face particular challenges as migrants, whatever their reason for leaving their country of origin. UN agencies are learning more about these difficulties, and how to address them.

Industrial seaport in China.
© World Bank/Curt Carnemark

‘Concerted efforts’ needed to meet 2030 Global Goals in Asia-Pacific region

25 March 2020

Action to reverse the depletion and degradation of the environment across Asia and the Pacific is a top priority if the region is to stay on course to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to a new United Nations report launched online, for the first time, on Tuesday.

The Hawaiian archipelago in the Pacific is one of the remotest parts of the world.
ILO Photo/Kevin Cassidy

Reaching ‘beyond the possible’ in Hawaii to meet sustainability goals

23 March 2020
Asia Pacific

The people and government of the US state of Hawaii will reach “beyond the possible” to make the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) a reality; The SDGs are a set of targets agreed by countries around the world to reduce poverty, protect the planet and ensure peace and prosperity for all, by 2030. Hawaii introduced its own initiative, Sustainable Hawaii, in 2016 in support of the SDGs.

ECOSOC President Mona Juul briefs members of the Economic and Social Council.
UN Photo/Loey Felipe

Head of UN economic and social body underscores priority of health, safety during ‘unprecedented’ COVID-19 challenges

19 March 2020
Global

Confronted with widespread human, social, and economic ramifications surrounding COVID-19, the President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) stressed the priority of ensuring “the health and safety of people”.

People shop in Azerbaijan's Sederek Market.
UN News/Elizabeth Scaffidi

New report from UN Economic Commission for Europe measures progress on Global Goals

17 March 2020
Europe

As all eyes, hearts and minds focus on the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) garnered attention on Tuesday when a new UN report revealed that only ten countries in the European region have levels of air pollution below the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended limit. 

Farmers who gatherer flowers in the Southern Espinhaço Mountain Range in Brazil enhance biodiversity and preserve traditional knowledge.
FAO/João Roberto Ripper

Brazilian mountain farmers reap recognition, through UN heritage listing

11 March 2020
Americas

Farmers who gather flowers from the Espinhaço Mountain Range in Brazil received well-deserved recognition on Wednesday for their crucial role in enhancing biodiversity and preserving traditional knowledge.

Employed youth, between the ages of 15 and 24, face a greater risk than older workers of losing their jobs because of automation.
World Bank/Li Wenyong

Rising number of young people excluded from jobs, education and training

9 March 2020
Global

The number of young people around the world who are neither employed, studying or in some kind of training, is on the rise, according to a new report released on Monday by the International Labour Organization (ILO).

Women in a self-help group meeting in Bhatajhari Village, India.
© UNICEF/Ashima Narain

International Women’s Day: Gender equality benefits everyone

7 March 2020
Global

The benefits of gender equality are not just for women and girls, but “for everyone whose lives will be changed by a fairer world”, the chief of UN Women said in her message for International Women’s Day (IWD) at UN Headquarters on Friday, being celebrated in New York, ahead of the official day.