The future has always had an exciting ring to it. For generations we have looked into the future with hope and awe. Who doesn’t remember Marty McFly and the Doc getting into the DeLorean and landing in 2015. Flying cars, self lacing Nikes and holograms! (weirdly enough they still were using fax machines…)‘Back to the […]
Check out our 5 tips for reducing your impact on the environment while doing laundry! We all have chores to do almost every day. From grocery shopping to dishwashing, we make choices that can have a positive impact on the environment. It only takes a couple of good habits and small changes in our everyday […]
The High seas are protected by the UN Convention of the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). This treaty was adopted in 1982 and entered into effect in 1994. Its purpose was to regulate sea bed mining and cable laying. It is in great measure thanks to these intercontinental cables that we can have high speed […]
The High-level Political Forum, United Nations central platform for follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals, provides for the full and effective participation of all States Members of the United Nations and States members of specialized agencies. “The 2030 Agenda is our roadmap and its goals and […]
The Give Me 5 Campaign is a global campaign for people and planet, a movement that seeks the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This challenge will only be possible if we the people as a global society come together and prioritize sustainable development. Our campaign highlights how only 5% of military spending […]
The Institute for International Communication at St. John’s University, The United Nations Environment Group, UN-Habitat, and the Give Me 5 Campaign would like to extend a very warm invitation to the Give Me 5 Community and all of you who decidedly work for the betterment of people and planet, to the fourth e-discussion by the UN […]
On behalf of the UN Environment Management Group (a coordination mechanism of 42 UN agencies and institutions for the environment), I would like to extend a very warm invitation to the Give Me 5 Community and all of you who decidedly work for the betterment of people and planet, to the first e-discussion by the UN Environment Management […]
The uncertainty that has brought the US election to the climate action arena has prompted a loud and unified voice coming from Marrakech, Morocco, where the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) holds its 22nd Conference of the Patries (COP). This voice, which encompasses heads of states and respective representatives, civil society, private […]
These wise words by outgoing United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon are one of his best quotes. Having contributed to many of his reports, albeit via briefing notes, or even data reports, these words truly resonate with my very soul, more than any other and definitely highlight the positives of his tenure. I grew up […]
When analyzing the UN Sustainable Development Goals in their entirety, as a holistic agenda to eradicate poverty and hunger, foster human development, human rights, and peace, and ensure environment and ecosystems’ health, the financing aspect becomes very relevant. The setting of Agenda 2030 and the SDGs is based on the premise of backcasting, or goal […]