Understanding Mature Economies: Definition, Features, and Examples

Learn what defines a mature economy, such as its characteristics, and read examples about countries with stable populations ...
United Nations

UN announces new Expert Advisory Panel to advance efforts in quantifying countries’ multidimensional vulnerabilities

UN announces new Expert Advisory Panel to advance efforts in quantifying countries’ multidimensional vulnerabilities ...

America Officially Leaves the Paris Climate Agreement. For the Second Time.

The United States is the only country to pull out of the global agreement among nations to fight climate change. European ...
Connecticut Public

Pushing for peace: A look at the past and future of the United Nations

The life of U Thant is the subject of a new book by Thant Myint-U titled “Peacemaker: U Thant and the Forgotten Quest for a ...
United Nations

Eighty years at the heart of global development

Established in 1945 under the UN Charter, the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) was designed to ensure that peace and security would be backed by economic stability, social progress and ...
Smithsonian Magazine

United Nations Declares That the World Has Entered an Era of ‘Global Water Bankruptcy’

Life around the world has been feeling the effects of climate change, land degradation, deforestation, pollution and the overuse of water. Ultimately, most regions are using too much of their ...