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In the newly launched UN Forests Podcast, UNDP Goodwill Ambassador Michelle Yeoh is joined by Prof. Almut Arneth, Coordinating Lead Author of the IPCC Special Report on land and climate change and Roman Michalak from the UN Economic Commission for Europe to unpack the unique relationship between climate change and forests. 

Speaking at the UN Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment in Rome, the UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed announced the launch of a new initiative to tackle investments in food systems.

In 2022,  as many as 783 million people in the world faced hunger, with women and people living in rural areas disproportionately food insecure. Our food systems are failing to deliver food security. It is clear that to change this situation, we need trust and collective action.

The UN has started a complex operation to transfer crude oil from a decaying supertanker stranded off the coast of Yemen since 2015.

UN teams on the ground have been working with local and national partners to strengthen food security, support agricultural adaption and take small but significant steps to keep the commitments to a food systems transformation alive. 

The term ‘fighter for peace’ takes on new meaning in the form of a five-time world boxing champion combating hate speech in cooperation with the United Nations.