The International Classification of Activities for Time-Use Statistics (ICATUS 2016) is a standardized framework that organizes all activities a person may perform over 24 hours. Developed based on internationally agreed concepts and definitions, it enables the production and dissemination of consistent, comparable time-use statistics across countries and over time, and supports their integration with other social and economic statistics, regardless of the data collection method used. ICATUS can also be adapted to national contexts to guide time-use data collection and analysis. The classification was endorsed by the United Nations Statistical Commission at its 48th session for use as an…

A fast-changing climate, conflict, inequality, persistent pockets of poverty and hunger and rapid urbanization are challenging countries’ efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to the UN’s latest SDG progress report.

The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2018 found that conflict and climate change were major contributing factors leading to growing numbers of people facing hunger and forced displacement, as well as curtailing progress towards universal access to basic water and sanitation services.

For the first time in more than a decade, there were approximately 38 million more hungry people in the world, rising from 777 million in…