U.N. sounds alarm on universal roadmap to lift people out of poverty
Just 15% of the SDGs – which include 169 specific targets and 17 broad goals that the world agreed to in 2015 – is on track.
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Just 15% of the SDGs – which include 169 specific targets and 17 broad goals that the world agreed to in 2015 – is on track.
Nine social robots, flanked by their creators, offered mixed responses to reporters' questions about their future role in society and how strictly they should be regulated.
If accomplished, the goals are significant because the industry accounts for 2.9% of global carbon emissions. Diesel powers most of the world's 100,000 cargo ships.
The Bank for International Settlements' general manager said the key policy challenge remains fully taming inflation.
Its aim is to protect and sustainably use marine life in high seas covering almost half of Earth's surface.
The treaty body that gets the worst cooperation is the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
The co-chairs of a negotiating panel said there's been a healthy exchange of ideas and concerns among 194 nations.
"Let's face facts. The problem is not simply fossil fuel emissions. It's fossil fuels – period," he said.
Some 52% of all refugees and others who needed international protection came from Afghanistan, Syria and Ukraine.
A new organization to supervise artificial intelligence could be modeled after the U.N. atomic watchdog agency, created in response to nuclear technology.
The total number of nuclear warheads fell worldwide, but the amount of operational nuclear weapons started to rise.
Some 1,475 out of 4,000+ governments and businesses had net zero emissions targets, but "integrity" measures are lacking.
High debt, inflation and interest rates are blamed for "a significant divergence" in labor markets around the world.
The 76th World Health Assembly ended after moving to strengthen its budget and broaden access to health care.
About 69% of all the plastics produced, mainly through fossil fuel burning, are used just once or twice before they are thrown away. About 22% is mismanaged. Just 9% is recycled.
A Swiss-led U.N. Security Council session called on all countries and armed groups to fulfill their obligations for protecting civilians under international humanitarian law.