United Nations

UN Develops Tracking of SDG Progress in Cities

March 01, 2017

UN-Habitat recently held its first technical meeting in Naivasha, Kenya, on developing criteria to help the UN and global activists scrutinize the progress of cities around the world in implementing the UN's comprehensive Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
UNESCO Works Toward Global Internet Indicators

March 01, 2017

The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is seeking proposals for candidates interested in developing a set of indicators on "Internet Universality" that will serve as global guidelines on how countries can implement the global human rights agenda through their internet policies.
UN Launches Tools for Monitoring SDG Progress

March 01, 2017

The UN Environment Programme has launched new tools as part of its Environment Live "knowledge platform" that enable users to track the impacts of global warming and scrutinize their governments' contributions to the fulfillment of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the year 2030.
UNEP, Argentina Develop "Sustainable Finance" Roadmap

February 28, 2017

In recent meetings with Argentinian officials, representatives of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) discussed the establishment of "a strategic roadmap on sustainable finance in Argentina" and how it would fit into UNEP's broader promotion of a global financial system based on the UN's "sustainable development" agenda.
World Bank Issues Rankings on "Sustainable" Energy

February 28, 2017

The World Bank has published a report entitled Regulatory Indicators for Sustainable Energy that ranks 111 countries on how well their renewable energy regulations and policies in a bid to pressure governments to do more to implement the UN's comprehensive Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
UN Rights Office Launches $253 Million Funding Appeal

February 27, 2017

Citing increased "xenophobia and calls for racial and religious discrimination," the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has launched a global appeal for $253 million in "extra-budgetary funds" to advance the global human rights agenda as well as the UN's comprehensive Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) around the world.
UN Targets Children with Cartoon Campaign on SDGs

February 27, 2017

PR Newswire reports that the UN is launching a campaign using the children's cartoon characters the Smurfs to teach young people to support and comply with the UN's comprehensive Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which seek to achieve a "happier, more peaceful," and "equitable" world by the year 2030.
UNESCO Tracks "Sustainability" Education Progress

February 27, 2017

The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has created a web page through which it will track global progress on fulfilling its agendas on "Education for Sustainable Development" and "Global Citizenship Education," both of which seek to teach students of all ages to help achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
UNESCO Draws up Convention on Education Recognition

February 27, 2017

The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has announced that it is a preparing a Global Convention on the Recognition of Higher Education Qualifications to help fulfill the human right of students "to access a fair assessment of higher education qualifications obtained in another country."
UN Official: SDGs Can "Reinvigorate" Global Governance

February 24, 2017

At the World Government Summit organized by the United Arab Emirates in Dubai, Administrator of the UN Development Programme Helen Clarke explored ways in which the UN can "reinvigorate" global governance, pinpointing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a chance to expand "the legitimacy and credibility of the multilateral system."