The UN land conference opens in Mongolia to accelerate global action on restoration and resilience, uniting 196 countries.

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 7 August 2026 – The Silk Road Caravan, a global outreach campaign shining the spotlight on rangelands and pastoralists, begins its journey across Mongolia, just days before the ...

The leaders of the three Rio Conventions recently met in Bonn to chart the next stage of their collaboration. Yasmine Fouad, the new UNCCD Executive Secretary, chaired the meeting of the Joint Liaison ...

Children and youth often bear the brunt of risks in today’s information ecosystem and will be most directly affected by the technologies reshaping them, the United Nations is warning. These groups are ...

June 2026 was the hottest June ever recorded in Western Europe and the second warmest globally, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S). The exceptional temperatures were driven by ...

UNRIC has interviewed Ánne-Hedvig Salmi Nordsletta: a Sámi researcher, nurse, and midwife connected with UiT The Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø. Herself born... The first time Icelandic ...

#UNITAR-SCYCLE welcomed 20 participants from across the UN Campus in Bonn and external organizations to a Foundational training on Digital Product Passports (#DPP) for... A new UN Women report finds ...

WMO is delighted to announce the launch of its 2027 Calendar Photography Competition – one of our most anticipated annual traditions. This year’s theme, “Your Weather, Your World,” celebrates the ...

As the EU Pay Transparency Directive comes into force this July, the need for concrete action on the gender pay gap has never been more urgent. The ITC-ILO course “Achieving equal pay: ILO policy ...

Join FAO's Brussels presentation of SOFI 2026 on 8 September to discuss why healthy diets remain unaffordable and how agrifood systems can help.

With over 450 million listeners worldwide, podcasts continue to grow in popularity around the world. At UNRIC, we’re featuring the most comprehensive listing of podcasts, with over 70 series and ...

In the framework of the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP), UNESCO Regional Office in Almaty is launching an international photo contest “Nomadic cultures of Central Asia: ...