An report shows the world’s tourism sector could lose at least $1.2 trillion, or 1.5% of the global gross domestic product, after four months of standstill due to the pandemic.
Decades-long decline in hunger in the world has ended. Hunger and food insecurity continue to be challenges, in addition to obesity and malnutrition. These are reflected in , launching today in a at 10am EDT. This flagship publication provides new estimates and projections of what the world may look like in 2030 if trends of the last decade continue, including some of the impacts of this global pandemic on food security and nutrition.
While the digital era and new technologies have brought societies many benefits, we also face challenges such as growing digital divides, cyber threats, and human rights violations online. This report lays out a roadmap in which all stakeholders play a role in advancing a safer, more equitable digital world.
has developed a aimed at helping countries to address the aviation safety risks arising due to the global effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) measures how social beliefs obstruct gender equality in areas like politics, work, and education.
, a new report by shows the stark inequalities and inequities between men and women are continuing to make women and girls more vulnerable to HIV.
UNESCO unveils for . Published as part of the #HerEducationOurFuture, the data focuses on the progress achieved over the past 25 years. It shows that girls’ enrolment rates in primary and secondary education almost doubling in low-income countries. But it also shows that the pace of change is not fast enough. At the present rate, getting every girl into primary school will only happen in 2050.
For more than 25 years, the annual , published by the (WMO), has informed us on significant weather and climate trends. It provides authoritative evidence of global temperature increase, including sea-level rise, shrinking sea ice, glacier mass loss and extreme climate events. This week, the , a year that concludes the. 2019 not only had high-impact weather, it also averaged 1.1 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial period.
More than 935 million* workers have . In low-income countries, employment is concentrated in low-skilled occupations requiring a lesser level of education and workers are more likely to be under-educated for their jobs. In high-income countries employment is concentrated more in occupations requiring higher skill levels, and workers’ under-education is less common. In high-income countries almost all workers in low-skilled jobs are over-educated. (*actual global figures are probably higher since the ILOSTAT data covers 114 countries).
No single country is adequately protecting children’s health, their environment and their futures, finds a released today by a Commission of over 40 child and adolescent health experts from around the world. The Commission was convened by the World Health Organization (), and The Lancet. The report, A Future for the World’s Children?, finds that the health and future of every child and adolescent worldwide is under immediate threat from ecological degradation, climate change and exploitative marketing practices that push heavily processed fast food, sugary drinks, alcohol and tobacco at children.
The (INCB) will its 2019 on 27 February 2020 (11 am CET). The report this year has a special focus on improving substance use prevention and treatment services for young people. It also addresses global inequalities in access to pain medications and highlights the prominent role of cannabis among adolescents and adults. Regional developments, among them the opioid crisis in North America and the need to address the illegal drug economy in Afghanistan, are also covered.
The seeks to respond to these urgent questions: how might we design and plan cities that work well for everyone? What would such a city look like, and how would we go about creating it?
The mining sector, if carefully managed, presents enormous opportunities for advancing sustainable development particularly in low-income countries, the says in its .
Inequality has risen to historical levels, according to the 2020 World Social Report. High inequality can impact economic prosperity and social development for millions of people if effective policies are not put in place. The report, “Inequality in a rapidly changing world,” to be launched at noon EST on 21 January, states that major global trends, including technological change, the climate crisis, urbanization and international migration, can be harnessed to reduce inequality, or can be left to further divide us. The briefing will be .
The World Employment and Social Outlook is the International Labour Organization’s on world of work issues, focusing on a different theme each year. The 2020 edition in Geneva on Monday, 20 January. The report analyses key labour market issues, including unemployment, under-employment, labour underutilization, working poverty, pay inequality, and factors that exclude people from the world of work. It includes some new projections, as well as revised estimates of the share of labour income going to the world’s workforce.