Press releases - United Nations Sustainable Development

twelve 06, 2024

Press Release | Progress on basic energy access reverses for first time in a decade
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Press Release | Progress on basic energy access reverses for first time in a decade

Yinuo 2024-06-12T10:49:59-04:00 12 Jun 2024 |

Global energy access gap worsens as population growth outpaces new connections: 685 million people living without electricity access in 2022, 2.1 billion people continue to rely on damaging cooking fuels globally 12 June 2024 | [...]

six 06, 2024

Media advisory | Rethinking Disability Inclusion: A Global Call to Action

Yinuo 2024-06-07T11:09:07-04:00 06 Jun 2024 |

Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Rethinking Disability Inclusion: A Global Call to Action Follow LIVE on UN Web TV At a time when the world is [...]

four 06, 2024

Press Release | With developing countries facing dire outlook, United Nations Secretary-General and world leaders aim to stimulate economies to achieve SDGs
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Press Release | With developing countries facing dire outlook, United Nations Secretary-General and world leaders aim to stimulate economies to achieve SDGs

Yinuo 2024-06-05T08:37:13-04:00 04 Jun 2024 |

Initial action on scaling up MDB financing and rechannelling SDRs provides momentum to deliver SDG Stimulus NEW YORK, 5 JUNE 2024 – With many developing countries reeling from repeated economic shocks and debt burdens that [...]

thirty 05, 2024

Press Release | UN Conference on Small Island Developing States delivers new era of resilience amidst SIDS’ crippling debt crisis
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Press Release | UN Conference on Small Island Developing States delivers new era of resilience amidst SIDS’ crippling debt crisis

Yinuo 2024-05-30T19:14:14-04:00 30 May 2024 |

The Fourth United Nations Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4) wrapped up today in Antigua and Barbuda with unanimous support for a bold new 10-year plan of action that will deliver meaningful change for this group of vulnerable countries.

twenty-seven 05, 2024

Press Release | Small islands on the frontlines of catastrophic climate crisis, crippling debt, exacting heavy toll on development gains

Yinuo 2024-05-27T19:30:03-04:00 27 May 2024 |

Small islands on the frontlines of catastrophic climate crisis, crippling debt, exacting heavy toll on development gains Building small islands’ resilience to external threats and charting new pathways to sustainable prosperity front and centre at [...]

sixteen 05, 2024

Press Release | Near-term global economic outlook cautiously optimistic as vulnerabilities remain, UN report warns

Yinuo 2024-05-15T16:43:53-04:00 16 May 2024 |

Near-term global economic outlook cautiously optimistic as vulnerabilities remain, UN report warns Persistently high interest rates, debt sustainability challenges, continuing geopolitical tensions, and increasing extreme weather events pose significant downside risks New York, [...]