News Feed Newsletters (on-line) Blogs Image Wall Sustainable Development Goals – The GuardianAfrica’s children: 20 years on, what happened to the millennium babies? October 23, 2025In 2005, the Guardian documented the births of 10 babies as a way to tell the story of millions across the continent. We caught up with three of them, finding hardship – and hopeTwenty years ago, the Guardian featured 10 newborn babies in countries across Africa, describing their births, their families and the environments they […] Nick Dall in Cape Town, Golden Matonga in Lilongwe, Richard Sky in Accra and Sarah JohnsonConflict, aid cuts and equality backlash causing ‘stagnation and regression’ of women’s rights – UN September 15, 2025Report calls on governments to commit to renewed action at general assembly in New York, saying ‘a different path is still possible’Hard-won progress on women’s access to healthcare, rights and employment is being put at risk from global conflict, cuts to aid spending, and a backlash against gender equality, according to a UN equality watchdog.A […] Kat LayIf road deaths were a virus, we’d call it a pandemic. Safer transport helps us all – and we need it urgently | Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Jean Todt February 22, 2025Deaths on the road costs countries up to 5% of GDP. Centring transport around people, not cars, can propel developmentIf you had to guess the leading cause of death for children and young people around the world, what would you say? Malaria perhaps? Pneumonia? Suicide? They’re all high up there, but no, it’s road accidents.Cars […] Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Jean TodtGlobal AI fund needed to help developing nations tap tech benefits, UN says September 19, 2024Governments and private firms should contribute to help states unable to invest and benefit from advancesGovernments and private companies should contribute to a global artificial intelligence fund that will allow developing nations to benefit from advances in the technology, according to a UN report.The fund would help provide models, computing power and AI-related training programmes, […] Dan Milmo Global technology editorGlobal cost of failing to invest in women and gender equality is $10tn a year – UN September 16, 2024Equal internet access worth $500bn over five years says report, and warns child marriage may continue till 2092Governments are failing to invest in women and girls and, as a result, are missing out on billions in economic gains, according to a new UN report.This year’s Gender Snapshot report from the UN Women agency found that […] Rebecca Root Sustainable Development Goals – UNHigh stakes and high flavour: Indigenous chef brings Amazonian soul to COP30 October 26, 2025As world leaders gather in Belém for the UN Climate Change Conference (COP30), they’ll find more than just food for thought on the menu. Read Full Story on UN News The post High stakes and high flavour: Indigenous chef brings Amazonian soul to COP30 appeared first on United Nations Sustainable Development. dpicampaigns‘Let’s finish the job’ and end polio: WHO October 24, 2025Thirty-five years ago, polio, a highly infectious viral disease, paralysed around 350,000 children per year. Following a UN-led international push, that number is now less than 50. Read Full Story on UN News The post ‘Let’s finish the job’ and end polio: WHO appeared first on United Nations Sustainable Development. dpicampaignsCeasefire offers ‘lifeline’ but Gaza hospitals remain in ruins October 23, 2025Gaza’s health system remains in ruins despite the fragile ceasefire holding, with hundreds of thousands still facing urgent medical and humanitarian needs, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Thursday. Read Full Story on UN News The post Ceasefire offers ‘lifeline’ but Gaza hospitals remain in ruins appeared first on United Nations […] dpicampaignsMost major methane leak alerts ignored despite climate threat October 22, 2025UN satellite tracking has greatly improved detection of major methane leaks – a gas responsible for about a third of global warming – yet companies and governments are acting on only around 12 per cent of alerts. Read Full Story on UN News The post Most major methane leak alerts ignored despite climate threat appeared […] dpicampaignsNew forum builds on Sevilla pledges to tackle global debt crisis October 22, 2025A new UN-backed forum launched on Wednesday to help developing nations escape the weight of unsustainable debt – which has left more than three billion people worldwide living in economies forced to spend more on repayments than health or education. The post New forum builds on Sevilla pledges to tackle global debt crisis appeared first […] dpicampaignsSelected Posts:What Can You Do to help stop Climate ChangeWhich sustainable goal refers to quality education?
