Co-founded by Peace Nobel Laureate Professor Yunus, YSB initiates and manages social business development programmes, including incubator funds for social bu...

Artificial Intelligence Scientist. Scientific Director of the Swiss AI Lab, IDSIA, DTI, SUPSI; Prof. of AI, Faculty of Informatics, USI, Lugano; Co-founder &...

The "invisible" side of homelessness - children in America - are becoming a lot more visible today. This is a look at the facts about what children and famil...

Every year, 500,000 children die from drinking contaminated water. Until everyone has access to safe and reliable drinking water, the death toll will continu...

Sponsored by the Science and Technology Innovation Program. Invited panelists will discuss the science behind synthetic biology, the risks this emerging tech...

A brief look at disaster risk reduction (DRR) from our Regional Office in the Arab States (http://www.unisdr.org/arabstates)

“Economists not only get the future wrong, but they make the future wrong.” Dimitri Zenghelis explains why economists should change their approach towards ne...

Every day, humanitarian aid workers stand on the front lines of war and disaster, braving tremendous dangers and difficulties to deliver assistance to those who need it most. World Humanitarian Day (WHD), which takes place every year on 19 August, recognizes the aid workers who risk their lives in humanitarian service, and mobilizes people to advocate for humanitarian action. The day was designated by the General Assembly seven years ago to coincide with the anniversary of the 2003 bombing of the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq.