More from UN DESA - June 2021

Cutting the cost of family remittances

Every day, millions of families around the world visit their post offices, banks and money transfer operators to collect money sent to them by their relatives working abroad. These family remittances are often what allows them to send their children to school, make home improvements, set up small businesses or simply get by.

New efforts needed to invest in climate action

Recent data from the United Nations Environment Programme estimates that current climate-adaptation costs in the developing world stand at $70 billion a year and could increase to as much as $300 billion a year by 2030 without urgent action. For every dollar invested now in climate-resilient infrastructure, $6 can be saved, writes Selwin Hart, the UN Assistant Secretary-General for Climate Action, in a new op-ed.