PODCAST: How Better Data Can Fight Global Hunger Mark Leon Goldberg September 26, 2018 Every year during UN Week there are a number of substantive and important issues discussed, new initiatives launched and new partnerships formed, typically around some big important global issues. It is a w...
A Major UN Report Shows That Progress on Reducing Global Hunger Has Been Reversed Joanne Lu September 13, 2018 Global hunger is on the rise for the third year in a row and reached an “alarming” ten-year high in 2017, according to the UN’s annual State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report published yesterda...
PODCAST: The World is Experiencing an Unprecedented Boom in Dam Building Mark Leon Goldberg September 11, 2018 The world is experiencing a dam building boom. According to research by my guest today, David Hulme, there are plans underway around for the construction of over 3,700 new dams around the world. This explos...
PODCAST: How Dr. Vanessa Kerry Helps Strengthen Health Systems Around the World Mark Leon Goldberg August 16, 2018 Dr. Vanessa Kerry is the Co-founder and CEO of Seed Global Health. This is an international NGO that works in five sub-Saharan countries to bolster the education of medical professionals. This is a vital...
This is the World’s First Fully Solar Powered Airport. (It Serves as Many People as Dulles Airport) Mark Leon Goldberg August 1, 2018 The United Nations Environment is bestowing its highest annual honor on an airport in India for being the first airport in the world to function entirely on solar energy. UN Environment named Cochin Internation...
UN Releases Alarming Data on Lack of Breastfeeding Worldwide Joanne Lu July 31, 2018 The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) are continuing to push for legal restrictions on how infant formula and breast-milk substitutes are marketed, after they found...
PODCAST: How Much Progress Are We Making Towards the Sustainable Development Goals? Mark Leon Goldberg July 19, 2018 At the United Nations in mid-July officials gathered for an annual checkup on progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals. The SDGs, as they are known, are a set of 17 anti-poverty, health and envir...
Nelson Mandela’s Legacy was to Advance African Unity. I’m Living Proof Mako Muzenda July 18, 2018 On 18 July 1918, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born. In 1944, he became part of the African National Congress (ANC), formally joining the struggle against racial oppression and discrimination in South Africa. I...
It’s been three years since the world agreed on the Sustainable Development Goals. So how are we doing? Mark Leon Goldberg July 17, 2018 That is the central question driving a series of meetings this week at the United Nations, known as the "High Level Political Forum" for the Sustainable Development Goals, or HLFP for short. The HLPF is the ...
