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UNIDO-ITPO A wide view of attendees to the World Entrepreneurs Investment Forum (WEIF) in Bahrain. Getting under way in Manama, the fifth World Entrepreneurs Investment Forum (WEIF), with a key focus on Arab and African…

UNSPLASH/Nery Zarate Many countries have seen alarming levels of e-cigarette use among teenagers. Data covering all three areas revealed that more than one in two 15-year-olds experimented with alcohol, while one in five…

© UNICEF/David Hogsholt Storms, typhoons and other nautaral desasters cause widespread damage in many countries in Asia. Following close on the heels of the study of climate change in Europe, published by WMO on Monday, the …

© UNDP Indonesia CIWT Project Forest rangers patrol the Gunung Leuser National Park in Indonesia. The UNFF serves as a body under the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and aims to support the goals of the International…

© WHO Testing for COVID-10 In an alert, WHO noted that although just eight per cent of hospitalized coronavirus patients also had bacterial infections which can be treated with antibiotics, a staggering three in four were given…

© ADB/Narendra Shrestha Students attend a computer class at a secondary school in Kailali, Nepal. In an interview with UN News, Senior Policy Analyst from the GEM report team Anna D’addio said the report examines the issue of…

UN Nairobi Delegates at the opening of the UN Civil Society Conference in Nairobi, Kenya. On-screen, UN Deputy Secretary-General Maina Mohammad. Bringing together civil society actors, government representatives, senior UN…

Unsplash/David Clode A herd of elephants heads to a waterhole at a tourist safari camp in the Masai Mara, Kenya. “Wildlife crime inflicts untold harm upon nature and it also jeopardizes livelihoods, public health, good governance and our…

© UNICEF/Frank Dejongh A teenage woman in Côte d'Ivoire holds up a solar panel which she is studying as part of a renewable energy course. The unanimous declaration of the Decade of Sustainable Energy for All in 2012 aimed to…

© Yan Wang Wind turbines line the coastal highway in Yancheng, China. Renewable energy is generally defined as any energy source that is continuously replenished. It includes solar and wind power as well as bioenergy (organic matter burned…