Igniting Hope - transforming humanitarian action with and for young people
14 June 2018Tuesday, 19 June 2018, 8:30 – 9:45
This is one of the side-events to be convened during the ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment, in keeping with this year’s theme: Restoring humanity, respecting human dignity and leaving no one behind: working together to...
High-level panel discussion - youth as protagonists in preventing violent extremism
13 June 2018Save the date for a high-level event co-hosted by Qatar and GCERF on 28 June 13:15-15:00
Institute of Interational Education
RSVP: [email protected] and [email protected] (by 15 June)
Achim Steiner and Vladimir Voronkov will be keynote speakers.
Panelists will include the DED of...
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
08 June 2018Desertification is the degradation of land in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas. It is caused primarily by human activities and climatic variations. Desertification does not refer to the expansion of existing deserts. It occurs because dryland ecosystems, which cover...
World Ocean Day!
08 June 2018Action focus for 2018: preventing plastic pollution and encouraging solutions for a healthy ocean
Plastic pollution is causing tremendous harm to our marine resources. For example:
80% of all pollution in the ocean comes from people on land.
8 million tonnes of plastic...
2018 Global Youth Video Competition on Climate Change
06 June 2018About the competition:
The United Nations recognizes the key role that youth play in tackling climate change. UN Climate Change and its partners have run the annual Global Youth Video Competition since 2015. The competition demonstrates how young...