Act now to stamp out child labour by 2025: FAO chief
Effective action and strong leadership are essential to end child labour by 2025, the head of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Tuesday.
World Heritage forests releasing more carbon than they absorb: UNESCO
Forests in at least 10 World Heritage sites have become net sources of carbon, due to pressure from human activity and climate change, according to a new report released on Thursday, by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Milano Digital Week is back: the event is online
Varenese News: With the presence of Marina Ponti, Global Director – UN SDG Action Campaign, the great Hackathon of Milano Digital Week is officially launched. https://www.varesenews.it/2020/05/torna-la-milano-digital-week-levento-online/931646/
MY World 360°
Spark News: Discover eight new immersive media experiences of the growing MY World 360° playlist by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Action Campaign. https://mailchi.mp/sparknews/the-spark-minute-8
UN SDG Campaign Office is moving into Langer Eugen
General-Anzeiger: The UN SDG Action Campaign is organizing the fourth “Global Festival of Action” at the World Conference Center Bonn. In 2020 the United Nations will also celebrate its 75th anniversary. https://www.general-anzeiger-bonn.de/bonn/stadt-bonn/un-kampagnen-buero-zieht-in-den-langen-eugen-um_aid-47423159
UN SDG Action Campaign/Oculus MY World 360 Competition 2020 for Emerging Creators worldwide
Opportunity Desk: Calling creators! Submissions are open for the UN SDG Action Campaign/Oculus MY World 360° Competition 2020. Immersive media creators from across the world are invited to inspire everyone to take action for the Sustainable Development Goals. https://opportunitydesk.org/2020/05/23/un-sdg-action-campaign-oculus-my-world-360-media-competition-2020/
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This summer, visit Refugees: a new exhibition in the UN Visitors Lobby
This upcoming September 2016, the UN General Assembly will address large movements of refugees and migrants at a High-level Summit in New York that will precede the annual General Assembly Debate. In the lead up to this, the UN Sustainable Development Goals Action Campaign will be partnering with the UN Department of Public Information and […]
A People-powered Agenda
Article from Disrupt & Innovate Blog: https://disrupt-and-innovate.org/people-powered-agenda/ Written by Mitchell Toomey, Director, UN SDG Action Campaign In September of last year the world witnessed an historic moment – leaders from every member state of the United Nations unanimously ratified a bold and comprehensive 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This agreement emerged not only […]
German Government & UNDP sign statement to establish UN SDG Action Campaign Center in Bonn
This morning, on Tuesday 24 of May 2016, State Secretary Friedrich Kitschelt and the United Nations Assistant Secretary-General, United Nations Development Programme Assistant Administrator and Director for Policy and Programme Support, Magdy Martínez-Solimán signed a Statement of Intent to undertake global activities and open a Global SDG Action Campaign Center in Bonn, supported by the […]