UN Secretary-General António Guterres discusses the devastating impacts of the intertwined climate crisis and global dependence on fossil fuels. Renewable energy offers a scalable, clean source of new electricity, with seven steps for effective implementation.
Despite declining hunger, malnutrition remains persistent in Pakistan as families struggle to afford and access balanced diets. The UN is supporting the Government in developing new policies that look past food security and prioritise more diverse food options.
With financing from the Joint SDG Fund, the UN is supporting farmers in Nkhundye to embrace clean energy technologies for household use and agro-processing, leading to improved food security, lower household costs and new market opportunities.
Five years on, the reinvigorated Resident Coordinator system has become the beating heart of the UN’s development efforts.
Together, we have realized the vision of the historic development system reforms. And the dividends are tangible.
Hama Sorka, a 75-year-old fisherman from Saguia, Niamey, Niger, looks at the site where his house stood before being washed away by the floods that ravaged his neighbourhood in October 2020.