United Nations Sustainable Development /sustainabledevelopment/ 17 Goals to Transform Our World Tue, 28 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 HIV, hepatitis, STI gains at risk as funding falls, WHO warns https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/07/1168040 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/07/1168040 Years of progress in tackling HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are at risk of stalling, leaving millions of people without access to life-saving prevention, testing and treatment, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. Read Full Story on Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ News

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]]> Press Release | Reimagining Artificial Intelligence and Human Development /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2026/07/press_release_ai_and_human_development_mexico_jul24/ Mon, 27 Jul 2026 13:45:29 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=118365 PRESS RELEASE Reimagining Artificial Intelligence and Human Development Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Convenes Leaders in Mexico for Second International Gathering   MEXICO CITY, 24 July 2026 – Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ brought together AI thought leaders in Mexico City on 23–24 July for the second convening in a global dialogue series examining how one of humanity’s most transformative technologies [...]

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]]> Cyberattacks and the digital divide are creating new barriers to HIV services https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/07/1168030 Mon, 27 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/07/1168030 Cyberattacks, data breaches, online harassment and other forms of technology-facilitated violence are becoming significant obstacles to HIV prevention and treatment, according to a Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵAIDS specialist who says digital security has become inseparable from the fight against the epidemic itself. Read Full Story on Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ News

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]]> High prices and funding cuts stall HIV prevention revolution https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/07/1168033 Mon, 27 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/07/1168033 The AIDS epidemic could stage a comeback amid unequal access to breakthrough prevention medicines and a sharp decline in global funding, according to a Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ report released on Monday ahead of the opening of the 26th International AIDS Conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Read Full Story on Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ News

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]]> Gaza: Dialysis patients face grueling hospital journey by donkey cart https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/07/1168026 Sun, 26 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/07/1168026 Shortly before sunrise, Palestinian Fathi Hajji begins an arduous thrice weekly journey to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip. Read Full Story on Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ News

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]]> ‘I am somebody’: Street-smart youth take their declaration to the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/07/1168015 Sat, 25 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/07/1168015 When Samantha Richards and Angela Hifume walked into the Hall of Flags at United Nations Headquarters last week, they carried more than a folder of paper. They carried the voices of hundreds of street-connected children who had never expected anyone to listen. Read Full Story on Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ News

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]]> After an Ebola centre was attacked, peacekeepers moved in next door https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/07/1168018 Fri, 24 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/07/1168018 A new mobile Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ peacekeeping base in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has allowed local authorities to continue responding to the fast-moving Ebola outbreak there after violence disrupted the work of medics at a treatment centre set up to contain the spread. Read Full Story on Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ News

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]]> Wildfires surge across Europe as Spain and France battle major blazes https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/07/1168013 Fri, 24 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/07/1168013 The amount of land burned by wildfires across Europe has increased by 57 per cent in four years, according to new data from the World Health Organization (WHO) in Europe. Read Full Story on Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ News

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]]> Satellites can now spot methane leaks in real time – but most go unfixed https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/07/1168007 Thu, 23 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/07/1168007 Satellites can now spot major methane leaks from space within days. Yet only 13 per cent of those alerts lead to any response from the governments or companies responsible. Read Full Story on Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ News

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]]> Security Council LIVE: Can critical minerals fuel peace and prosperity instead of conflict? https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/07/1167995 Wed, 22 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/07/1167995 The Security Council is meeting now in New York to debate critical minerals — the lithium, cobalt and copper powering the clean energy transition. Demand is set to triple by 2030. The question: will this mineral wealth build peace and prosperity, or fund conflict and corruption? Follow live updates throughout the day. Read Full Story [...]

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]]> ‘Business as usual is a business of death’: Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ adopts road safety pledge over US objection https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/07/1167993 Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/07/1167993 The Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ General Assembly closed its first ever High-level Meeting on road safety on Tuesday by adopting a sweeping new declaration aimed at halving road deaths by 2030 – over the sole objection of the United States. Read Full Story on Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ News

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]]> Global hunger declines again but progress remains uneven across regions https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/07/1167987 Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/07/1167987 Global hunger declined for a third consecutive year in 2025 showing that progress is possible, but gains remain fragile and far too slow to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the 2030 deadline.

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]]> DR Congo: Ebola outbreak still expanding, WHO sees signs of stabilization https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/07/1167983 Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/07/1167983 In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ health teams and partners are still racing to contain the rapidly expanding Ebola outbreak, despite ongoing insecurity in eastern areas where the virus has taken hold. As of 19 July, the DRC Government has recorded 2,423 confirmed cases, including 967 deaths and 469 recoveries.  Read Full [...]

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]]> Moon Day focuses growing concerns around space junk https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/07/1167976 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/07/1167976 Amid surging lunar exploration, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ on Monday urged governments to ensure that humanity's return to the Moon does not come at the expense of planet Earth – or the long-term sustainability of space. Read Full Story on Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ News

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]]> A former Ferrari boss has a blunt message: Your commute is more dangerous than his old job https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/07/1167974 Sat, 18 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/07/1167974 Jean Todt spent decades around the deadliest motorsport on Earth. He was a rally co‑driver, then ran Ferrari’s Formula One team, then became president of world motorsport’s governing body. In his early years, a driver dying at the track barely made news. Read Full Story on Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ News

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]]> Press Release | Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Forum concludes with renewed commitment to accelerate action on the Sustainable Development Goals /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2026/07/closing-press-release-hlpf-2026/ Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:16:10 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=118235 PRESS RELEASE Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Forum concludes with renewed commitment to accelerate action on the Sustainable Development Goals   NEW YORK, 15 July 2026–The High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) concluded this week with the adoption of a ministerial declaration, signaling a renewed commitment by countries to deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). "With less than five years [...]

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]]> Breaking the silence: Zimbabwean youth leader calls for urgent investment in mental health https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/07/1167956 Thu, 16 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/07/1167956 For Tanatswa Amanda Chikaura, mental health advocacy began with a personal loss: while studying psychology at the University of Zimbabwe, she learned that a fellow student had died by suicide. Read Full Story on Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ News

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]]> As aid dries up, countries pledge to close the $4 trillion development gap https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/07/1167957 Thu, 16 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/07/1167957 Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Member States reaffirmed their commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by adopting a declaration on Wednesday that they will implement reforms to help close the $4 trillion SDG financing gap.

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]]> ‘Heat deaths are not inevitable’: WHO pushes Europe to heat‑proof its hospitals https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/07/1167955 Thu, 16 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/07/1167955 As Europe battles a deadly record-breaking heatwave, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued new guidance on Thursday to help countries face scorching temperatures now and in the future. Read Full Story on Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ News

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]]> WHO warns DR Congo Ebola outbreak is outpacing response as Uganda reaches milestone https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/07/1167959 Thu, 16 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/07/1167959 The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has become the third largest on record and is spreading faster than any previous one during the first month of exposure, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Thursday. Read Full Story on Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ News

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