8 Good News Stories You May Have Missed in 2018

By MJ Altman on December 20, 2018

2018 was a rough year. Communities across the globe experienced the real and worsening effects of climate change; conflict continued …

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2018 in Review: How did the U.S. and UN Work Together?

By Peter Yeo on December 20, 2018

For the past 73 years, the United States and the United Nations have remained essential partners in resolving challenges around …

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From Analog to Digital: The United Nations Embraces Technology

By Megan Roberts on December 20, 2018

Rarely a day passes without a story on an exciting, or perhaps terrifying, advancement in technology as developers discover new …

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Walking the Talk on Reducing Emissions

By Ryan Hobert on December 19, 2018

As part of the United Nations Foundation’s ongoing commitment to environmental sustainability and carbon neutrality, we just offset our greenhouse …

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2018 in Review: How Partnerships Drove SDG Progress

By Kaysie Brown and Pratik Desai on December 19, 2018

It’s no secret that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can’t be achieved by any one nation or organization. Partnerships are …

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Wins for the World

By Jenni Lee on December 18, 2018

Reading the news can be depressing, but that doesn’t mean global progress isn’t happening. Even though it doesn’t often make …

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2018 Year in Review: Data is Trending – Let’s Keep it That Way

By Claire Melamed on December 17, 2018

Data has been the fashionable topic in sustainable development this year, but it’s always top of our minds at the …

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3 big problems to fix in 2019

By John McArthur on December 13, 2018

Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared on the World Economic Forum website. 2018 will go down in the record books …

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2018 Year in Review: What Happened in Global Health?

By Kate Dodson on December 12, 2018

2018 was a memorable year for the global health community – from a new strategy to new partnerships to new …

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Leader of the United Nations Foundation’s +SocialGood Community Named Part of Time’s “Person of the Year”

By Anne Rosenthal on December 12, 2018

On December 11, TIME magazine announced a group of journalists — Jamal Khashoggi of the Washington Post, the surviving staff …

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