More from UN DESA - November 2022

World Toilet Day 2022: Making the invisible visible

Groundwater is invisible, but its impact is visible everywhere. This World Toilet Day is all about making the invisible visible and taking action to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 6 on water and sanitation for all. The 3.6 billion people worldwide who lack access to safely managed sanitation depend on these efforts. Learn more about the day and ways to get involved.

What is the aim of World Toilet Day?

Economic downturn poses further risks for food security

Hunger is on the rise globally. The number of people affected by acute food insecurity nearly doubled in recent years and it is likely to climb to over 200 million in 2022. Close to one million people live in starvation conditions – ten times more than six years ago. The impact differs by gender, with women facing more food insecurity than men in every region of the world.

UN Big Data Hackathon calls for solutions to current global challenges

Close to 2,000 data scientists and statisticians from more than 70 counties will compete in the 2022 UN Big Data Hackathon from 8 to 11 November 2022 as part of the 7^th International Conference on Big Data and Data Science for Official Statistics.

Big data and data science play a key role in addressing global challenges

The world faces many global challenges related to the environment, climate change, health, food insecurity, economic recovery and human displacement. COVID-19 and the ongoing military conflict in Ukraine have caused disruptions in supply chains and have raised energy and food prices significantly, making it difficult for millions of people around the world to cover their basic needs of food, water and shelter. The resilience of our societies is further tested by typhoons, flood, drought and other severe weather patterns.