Biodiversity also offers countless services, both locally and globally. Fish provide 20% of the protein intake for about three billion people. More than 80% of human food is provided by plants. Almost 80% of people in rural areas of developing countries use traditional herbal medicines for basic health care. About 60% of all infectious diseases … Read more
RFQ 043 / CLT / 2021 TRADITIONAL ART VIRTUAL STORE SERVICE Companies interested in participating in the call should send by email to: its quotation and the required annexes, following the UNESCO formats that are attached. Indicate in the reference: RFQ 043 / CLT / 2021 TRADITIONAL ART VIRTUAL STORE SERVICE – Call Start Date: … Read more
ArcelorMittal can no longer be prosecuted for dumping unauthorized waste on the slag heaps of its Florange plant. By absorbing its subsidiary in Lorraine, the parent company is cutting the ground under the foot of justice. At the end of June 2017, the case had caused a stir. The Republican Lorrain reported that ArcelorMittal subcontractors … Read more
Press release from March 10th, 2021 | Berlin / Cologne – Loud UNICEF After nearly a decade of violence, the situation of Syrian children is now worse than ever. Every day girls and boys are deprived of their elementary rights. Around 12,000 children have been killed or injured since the beginning of the war. Last … Read more
Prada and UNESCO continue to cooperate to ensure that young women around the world continue to learn. The Keep Girls Connected initiative aims to promote and strengthen educational continuity for girls and their safe return to school. Through this initiative, the Organization is targeting African countries to help them rebuild equality, through local awareness-raising actions … Read more
A group of associations and professionals point to the absence of an environmental health component in the cancer strategy. Among them, the cardiologist Pierre Souvet, president of the Association Sant Environnement France. Interview. — Pierre SouvetCardiologist – President of the Association Sant Environnement France – – Actu-Environnement: The government presented a new strategy against cancer … Read more
06.02.2021 | Berlin – On the International Day against Female Genital Mutilation on February 6, Federal Development Minister Gerd Müller declared: “We must stop this misogynist practice. 200 million girls and women worldwide suffer from female genital mutilation. This is a grave human rights violation with serious physical and psychological consequences for the life of … Read more
UNESCO and AUF, working in the field of education, signed on Tuesday January 26, 2021 a memorandum of understanding in order to develop synergies and complementarities of their actions. Indeed, UNESCO, which gives high priority to improving the quality of education, works on the production and dissemination of educational resources for educational institutions and for … Read more
As the city prepares to host the second climate summit bringing together the 40 largest cities in the world, its mayor has just presented an action plan aimed in particular at reducing GHG emissions by 30% by 2030. After having presented its inventory of greenhouse gas emissions at the start of the month, the American … Read more
In the financial sector, the Paris Agreement marked a turning point. It corresponds to the beginning of an awareness: “The banks have started to put themselves in battle order to prepare for the transition: they have all created directorates responsible for sustainable finance. And they started to sort through their wallets between what is brown … Read more