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...
For the First Time the UN’s Human Development Index Ranks Countries by their “Planetary Pressures” Joanne Lu January 26, 2021 The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) published its latest Human Development Index last month. This year, the index includes each country’s environmental impacts, and the results are not good, especia...
New Poll: How Americans in All 50 States View the United Nations Mark Leon Goldberg January 20, 2021 A majority of Americans across the political spectrum and across all 50 states are broadly supportive of United States engagement with the United Nations. A new poll of 9,960 registered voters across the United...
Vaccine Multilateralism Gets a Shot in the Arm Mark Leon Goldberg December 22, 2020 It is the end of 2020 and two recent developments augur well for the prospects for international cooperation to confront the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021. On December 18 the multilateral platform for internatio...
This is How European Countries Rank in their Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals Joanne Lu December 11, 2020 Even within a wealthy region like the European Union, it turns out that no country is on track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, and one of the goals in most need of improvement is No Hunger. That’s...
