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UN Announces First-Ever High-Level Panel On Women’s Economic Empowerment

Davos— UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced the first-ever High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment to provide thought leadership and mobilize...

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Royalty Join Forces With Shakira, Messi To Promote U.N. Global Goals

NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The United Nations on Tuesday enlisted a high-profile roster of royalty, entertainers and business leaders to promote its glob...

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UN Ushers In Ambitious 2030 Sustainable Development Goals

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development calls on countries to begin efforts to achieve the 17 SDGs over the next 15 years. With the start of the new year, the UN on Fri...

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Health

2015 In Review: Rapid Strides In Public Health

The end of 2015 brings many reasons for celebrations in health sector. We made considerable progress towards achieving the MDGs, SDGs were launched with more ambitious goal...

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Famed Architect Shigeru Ban Builds Quake-Proof Homes From Rubble In Nepal

TOKYO – After twin earthquakes in April and May claimed 9,000 lives and left vast swathes of Nepal in ruins, survivors worried if they reused the brick rubble, they w...

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Environment

Sustainable Celebrations: Improving The Environment And Communities

When A Grove Of 100 Trees In Israel Was Planted In Pradip Shah's Honor, A Seed Of An Idea Started To Germinate. Shah, A YPO Member Since 1997, Founded Grow-Trees.Com In 201...

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Health

In Southeast Asia, India Leads In Child Mortality

India accounts for maximum number of newborn deaths in Southeast Asia region. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), out of the total deaths in the region, more ...

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Sustainable Development

Development Banking For Sustainability

National development banks can play a decisive role in financing the Sustainable Development Goals and the transition to a low-carbon energy future. Given their size and po...

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Environment

This Is The End Of Fossil Fuels

Le Bourget, France (CNN) For Selina Leem, an 18-year-old from a tiny part of the Marshall Islands in the middle of the Pacific, the adoption of?Saturday's?"Paris Agreement"...

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Sustainable Development

NITI Aayog To Soon Unveil Policy On Important Sectors

Taking forward its project of creating a national agenda in consultation with the states, the NITI Aayog will soon come out with policy papers on critical sectors such as a...

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