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UN CLIMATE CONFERENCE SIGNALS BEGINNING OF THE END OF FOSSIL FUEL ERA

UN CLIMATE CONFERENCE SIGNALS BEGINNING OF THE END OF FOSSIL FUEL ERA

by World Development Foundation | Dec 12, 2023 | News

The United Nations Climate Change Conference in the United Arab Emirates, known as COP28 from November 30 to December 12, 2023 ended with an agreement that signals the “beginning of the end” of the fossil fuel era. But the UN said the deal for “transitioning away from...
AI GOVERNANCE SHOULD BE BASED ON UN CHARTER AND HUMAN RIGHTS PRINCIPLES, UN SAYS

AI GOVERNANCE SHOULD BE BASED ON UN CHARTER AND HUMAN RIGHTS PRINCIPLES, UN SAYS

by World Development Foundation | Nov 2, 2023 | News

London/New York, November 2 – Calling the threats posed by artificial intelligence “insidious” and “dangerous,” the UN chief urged the AI Safety Summit in the United Kingdom to base governance of the technology on the principles of the UN Charter and the Universal...
UPDATE: WORLD LEADERS AGREE TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO UNLOCK MORE AND BETTER FINANCING FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

UPDATE: WORLD LEADERS AGREE TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO UNLOCK MORE AND BETTER FINANCING FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

by World Development Foundation | Sep 20, 2023 | News

Responding to cascading global crises, the Sustainable Development Goals Summit launches a new phase of accelerated action on the Goals. Following is a press release from the U.N. Department of Global Communications on SDG Summit and Political Declaration New...
GOVERNMENT LEADERS TO MEET AT U.N., DEEPLY TROUBLED BY “BOILING” CLIMATE, WARS AND WIDESPREAD POVERTY

GOVERNMENT LEADERS TO MEET AT U.N., DEEPLY TROUBLED BY “BOILING” CLIMATE, WARS AND WIDESPREAD POVERTY

by World Development Foundation | Sep 1, 2023 | News

Heads of states and governments will attend a series of high-level annual meetings of the 78th U.N. General Assembly session in September. The tasks facing them are enormous: massive floodings, wildfires, record high temperatures, the on-going wars in Ukraine and...
U.N. AMBITIOUS BLUEPRINT SEEKING A BETTER WORLD FOR ALL IS IN PERIL

U.N. AMBITIOUS BLUEPRINT SEEKING A BETTER WORLD FOR ALL IS IN PERIL

by World Development Foundation | Jul 10, 2023 | News

New York, July 10 – Since the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted in 2015 with the promise to make a healthy and prosperous world for all by 2030, the world organization has seen its progress and efforts to achieve the goals eroded by climate disasters,...
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