Half the world now following doctors’ orders on cutting trans fats: WHO

A total of 53 countries had best practice policies in place for tackling industrial trans fats in food as of last year, vastly improving the food environment for 3.7 billion people, or 46 per cent of the world’s population, according to a milestone report published by the UN World Health Organization on Monday.

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Half the world now following doctors’ orders on cutting trans fats: WHO

UN health agency aims to save millions of lives by ‘elimination’ of trans-fatty acids from global food chain

14 May 2018

Industrially-produced trans-fats may give food a longer shelf life, but each year they also lead to the death of more than 500,000 people from cardiovascular and heart disease, according to the United Nations health agency.

Illicit capital robbing Africa and its people of their future: UN trade and development chief

28 Sep 2020

Every year, an estimated $88.6 billion, which is equivalent to 3.7% of Africa’s GDP, leaves the continent in the form of illicit capital, according to UN trade and development agency UNCTAD’s Economic Development in Africa Report 2020, launched on Monday.

Building Paris every week: Urgent need to cut emissions in construction sector

12 Sep 2023

The building sector, responsible for an astonishing 37 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, has been grappling with a severe lack of climate-focused development funding, according to a report published by the UN’s environment agency on Tuesday.