The DIFC-hosted GEFI ‘Path to COP28’ programme is to culminate in a series of finance-focused events during COP28 in December. Aligned with the COP28 Presidency’s vision, high-level climate finance summit developed to address ‘Financing Survival’ on 4 December....
UN Women and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have introduced a new method to measure the status and progress of women’s empowerment.
The new framework entails the use of Women’s Empowerment Index (WEI) and the Global Gender Parity...
Relevant Sustainable Development Goal
Example Walmart Contributions Include
Location in ESG Report
2. Zero Hunger
Improving food access through our stores, pickup, and delivery, and through food donations.
Encouraging healthier eating through healthier offerings in our assortment, food labeling, and education.
Safer, Healthier Food &...
At the opening of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), the incoming President Dennis Francis of Trinidad and Tobago highlighted peace, prosperity, progress, and sustainability as his four priorities to help address “cascading challenges.” He reiterated...
Airborne contaminants are one of the most significant environmental health risks. According to the UN World Health Organization (WHO), 99 per cent of the world’s population breathes polluted air, with the exposure significantly worse in low and middle-income countries. The pervasive nature...
This classic photograph of the Earth was taken on Dec. 7, 1972, by the crew of the final Apollo mission, Apollo 17, as they traveled toward the moon on their lunar landing mission. For the first time, the Apollo...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) In a Zen parable, a man sees a horse and...
