UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialised agency of the United Nations aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, the arts, the sciences, and culture. It has 193 member states and 11 associate members, as well as partners in the non-governmental, intergovernmental, and private sector. Headquartered at the World Heritage Centre in Paris, France, UNESCO has 53 regional field offices and 199 national commissions that facilitate its global mandate. UNESCO was founded in 1945 as the successor to the League of Nations' International Committee on Intellectual Cooperation. Its constitution establishes the agency's goals, governing structure, and operating framework. UNESCO's founding mission, which was shaped by the Second World War, is to advance peace, sustainable development and human rights by facilitating collaboration and dialogue among nations.

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Ten of the world's most protected forests have become net emitters of carbon, as they are degraded by human activity and climate change. The alarming insight is from a study of planet-warming gases emitted from and absorbed by forests in Unesco World Heritage sites.

Australia’s inaction on climate puts Great Barrier Reef ‘in danger,’ UNESCO report says

UNESCO reveals largest carbon stores found in Australian World Heritage Sites

Women still face a massive gender bias in science careers worldwide, UNESCO reported on Wednesday, with several rich western nations way behind poorer ones in terms of gender equality