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UN Photo/Loey Felipe Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the Summit of the Future high-level event at United Nations Headquarters in September 2024. Reflecting on 2024, he stated that “hope has been hard to find”,…

UN Photo/Rick Bajornas The International Criminal Court is based in The Hague, Netherlands. The ICC issued arrest warrants in November for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant…

© Unsplash/James Day 2024 has been confirmed as the hottest year on record. “We saw extraordinary land, sea surface temperatures, extraordinary ocean heat accompanied by very extreme weather affecting many countries around…

© ADB/M.A. Puspha Kumara A Sri Lankan shop keeper arranges sweets prior to Ramadan celebrations. The World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) 2025 report shows that despite withstanding a series of mutually reinforcing…

© UNICEF/Truong Viet Hung A student in Viet Nam presents a seedling. However, throughout the years there will be plenty of opportunities to make important progress on several climate-related issues, from the staggering levels of plastic…

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© FAO/Felipe Rodríguez Deforestation releases carbon into the atmosphere, which fuels climate change and further harms forests. The hearings are part of the process towards the court issuing an advisory opinion, which will…

UNCTAD/Abrham Grizaw Global trade is expected to hit a record $33 trillion in 2024. However, concerns loom for 2025, where the risks include escalating trade wars, geopolitical tensions and shifting policies, clouding the…

World Economic Journal (WEJ) is proud to anounce the upcoming release of BRICS 250 RANKING in our Septmber issue. The inaugural ranking of the most influential BRICS companies will shed light on the future of the global economy through an…

The award was founded by the World Organization for Development, an international non-profit organization, member of the UN Global Compact, a group of non-governmental organizations working to achieve the UN's 2030 Sustainable Development…