This year’s International Day of Forests highlights the vital role of forests in food security, nutrition, and sustainable livelihoods. This year’s theme, “Forests and Foods,” connects forests to ...

Forests occupy one third of the total land area of the Earth and hold around 80 per cent of the world’s terrestrial biodiversity. It is estimated that nearly one third of the global population ...

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Tax policy is at the heart of sustainable development. From funding essential public services to tackling inequality, a fair and effective tax system is fundamental to a just and resilient global ...

Neera Shrestha Pradhan is Senior Water and Adaptation Specialist, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD); Tenzing Chogyal Sherpa is Cryosphere Analyst, ICIMOD; and ...

Layla Haso is the Accountability to Affected People Advisor to the Deputy Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for Syria’s cross-border operations for the Office for the Coordination of ...

It’s been 30 years since world leaders meeting in Beijing laid down a visionary blueprint for action to advance the rights of all women and girls. The Beijing Declaration and Platform for ...

H.E. Mr. Abdulaziz M. Alwasil is Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations and Chair of the Bureau for the sixty-ninth session of the Commission on the Status ...

This month—March 2025—Syria marks the sombre milestone of 14 years of conflict, with 16.5 million people in need of humanitarian assistance, the majority being women and children. Yet, unlike ...