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April 2021
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December 2020
United Nations ActNow campaign joins forces with award-winning Baobab Studios to promote individual climate action
The United Nations ActNow campaign is collaborating with the award-winning interactive animation company Baobab Studios to promote individual action on climate change and a shift to more sustainable lifestyles.
September 2020
With climate crisis top public concern, UN’s ActNow campaign steps up public engagement for more sustainable lifestyles
The UN’s ActNow campaign now offers a gamified mobile app experience for individuals to learn, engage and take action for a more sustainable future.
United Nations releases special 2020 broadcast calling for collective action
NEW YORK, 18 September 2020—The United Nations, Project Everyone and 72 Films are launching “Nations United - Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times,” a first of its kind film released tomorrow on the UN YouTube channel and global broadcast networks.
July 2020
SDG Media Zone – The Importance of Vaccines
The SDG Media Zone puts a spotlight on the search for vaccines in this panel of health experts, asking the question - even if there’s access, how do we cut through the web of vaccine fear-mongering and misinformation that exists today?
SG Speech: A New Social Contract for a New Era, 18 July
On Nelson Mandela International Day, 18 July, UN Secretary-General António Guterres will deliver the 18th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture. In his speech “Tackling the Inequality Pandemic: A New Social Contract for a New Era”, the Secretary-General will take aim at the various layers of inequality that are being exposed and exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
SDG Media Zone – Solidarity at the Heart of Recovery
No region has been spared from the spread of COVID-19. Its ripple effects have been complex and widespread, and no country or community can escape either the health or the socio-economic dimensions of the crisis on its own. The SDG Media Zone features a discussion on solidarity at the heart of recovery.
SDG Media Zone – Do the Sustainable Development Goals Still Matter?
SDG Media Zone: UN Deputy-Secretary-General Amina Mohammed and SDG Advocates, Prime Minister Erna Solberg of Norway, and Actress and UN Environment Programme’s Goodwill Ambassador Dia Mirza, discuss the value of the Sustainable Development Goals as the world reels from the devastating impact of the pandemic, in the hopes of building back better.?