What To Expect from the World Health Assembly Joanne Lu May 24, 2021 Monday marks the beginning of the 74th World Health Assembly, where delegations from the World Health Organization’s (WHO) 194 member states will gather to set the agency’s policies. The Assembly will consider ...
Inside a New Plan To Create a Global Value Chain For Women Joanne Lu May 11, 2021 Clothing brands and the women who make the clothes are coming together in a new effort to build long-term resilience for women workers and their communities. The project, called the Resilience Fund for Women i...
It’s World Immunization Week — Amid a Massively Unequal COVID-19 Global Vaccine Rollout Joanne Lu April 27, 2021 It’s been four months since the first country began vaccinating against COVID-19. Since then, more than a billion doses have been delivered in a historic and monumental scale-up of the global vaccine system. Ho...
Why This is A Very Big Week for Climate Diplomacy Mark Leon Goldberg April 20, 2021 Earth Day Week 2021 is a significant moment for climate diplomacy. Two key events: the release of the United States' national carbon emissions reduction plan and the Climate Leaders Summit, hosted by President ...
Could COVID-19 Undo a Decade of Progress on Global Development? Joanne Lu March 29, 2021 The UN says a decade of development progress could be undone by COVID-19. According to the new Financing for Sustainable Development Report 2021, published Thursday by a task force composed of more than 60 UN ...
A New UN Report Shows What Countries Are Most Affected by the Global Water Crisis Joanne Lu March 23, 2021 One in five children around the world right now do not have enough water for their everyday needs, according to a new report by UNICEF. The report, published Thursday, found that globally, more than 1.42 billi...
The United Nations Has a New Plan to Measure Nature Like Economic Asset Joanne Lu March 3, 2021 Starting Friday, the UN may begin to measure countries’ economies not just by gross domestic product (GDP), but also by the contributions of nature, including forests, oceans and other ecosystems. The measure ...
The Biden Administration’s Decision to Re-Join the UN Human Rights Council is about Competing With China Mark Leon Goldberg February 8, 2021 The Biden administration has formally announced its intention to re-engage with the Human Rights Council after the prior administration abruptly vacated America's seat at the table. If past is precedent, this ...
Why February 3rd, 2021 Marked the Beginning of the End of the Covid-19 Pandemic Worldwide Mark Leon Goldberg February 5, 2021 Almost no COVID-19 vaccines are currently available in the developing world. But that is soon to change. A new forecast predicts the manufacture and distribution of over 300 million doses of a vaccine for th...
