Five climate trailblazers: UNEP’S 2025 Champions of the Earth

As the world moves to slow climate change and create a more sustainable future, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) named five new climate visionaries on Wednesday as its 2025 Champions of the Earth — the UN’s highest environmental honour. These five extraordinary leaders, who work on issues ranging from climate justice to sustainable cooling and forest […]

Indigenous youth meet trailblazers ahead of Nelson Mandela Day

Indigenous youth meet trailblazers ahead of Nelson Mandela Day

Accompanied by their parents and mentors from the midwestern state of Wisconsin, the group wore handmade ribbon skirts and vests featuring seven coloured bands, each symbolizing a Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) of personal significance, such as good health and gender equality. Also visiting the UN in New York for the first time that day was […]