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The rise of developing nations has cut poverty while the combined economies of Brazil, China and India are on a path to overtake wealthy nations, but failure to act on climate change could reverse those gains, a UN report said Thursday. http://phys.org/news282496377.html Space & Earth Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:30:01 EST news282496377 Scientists from 55 countries opened a two-day meeting Monday to mull how to use science to fight poverty and promote sustainable development. http://phys.org/news281018402.html Other Sciences Mon, 25 Feb 2013 12:40:18 EST news281018402 The new study in Nature Climate Change shows that reaching the 3 energy-related objectives proposed by the United Nations in their Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) initiative, launched in 2011, would reduce emissions of greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change and, in combination with other measures, could help keep global temperature rise from exceeding the internationally agreed target level of 2°C. http://phys.org/news280918783.html Space & Earth Sun, 24 Feb 2013 13:00:17 EST news280918783 Most of the 350,000 women who die in childbirth each year—almost all of them in developing countries—should not do so. In addition, women around the world remain underrepresented in schools, jobs, and governments. And the situation is changing too slowly to meet international goals, according to Helen Clark, administrator for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). http://phys.org/news279370993.html Other Sciences Wed, 06 Feb 2013 11:03:21 EST news279370993 More than 80 environment ministers gathered in India on Thursday inched towards a global deal to increase the amount of cash set aside to protect the natural environment, delegates told AFP. http://phys.org/news269787123.html Biology Thu, 18 Oct 2012 14:20:01 EST news269787123 Factfile on biodiversity ahead of talks opening Monday under the UN's Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Hyderabad, India. http://phys.org/news268633308.html Biology Fri, 05 Oct 2012 05:21:57 EST news268633308 The Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) has worked closely with CARE and the United Nations University to develop a series of maps illustrating results from case studies in eight countries for the Where the Rain Falls project. The project aims to illustrate the relationship between rainfall variability and human vulnerability in the context of a changing climate, livelihoods, and migration as a strategic response. http://phys.org/news266572001.html Space & Earth Tue, 11 Sep 2012 08:47:14 EST news266572001 UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday named a queen, a former president, a Nobel Peace prize winner and a corporate mogul to a 26-strong panel to recommend new global social and environment goals. http://phys.org/news262978816.html Other Sciences Tue, 31 Jul 2012 18:40:23 EST news262978816 World leaders open a UN summit Wednesday where they are set to endorse a blueprint for eradicating poverty and protecting the environment that critics insist is a threadbare compromise. http://phys.org/news259383602.html Space & Earth Wed, 20 Jun 2012 04:00:08 EST news259383602 High food prices have derailed ambitious aims to slash extreme poverty and hunger across the world by 2015, a World Bank and International Monetary Fund report said Friday. http://phys.org/news254149532.html Other Sciences Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:30:01 EST news254149532 A newly published study shows Australians must work with international partners if they are to save all of Australia's birds. http://phys.org/news249803065.html Biology Thu, 01 Mar 2012 05:44:34 EST news249803065 UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called on Monday for a clean energy revolution that would reduce climate risks, cut poverty and improve global health. http://phys.org/news214470090.html Technology Mon, 17 Jan 2011 07:01:43 EST news214470090 A major obstacle to achieving the health-related Millennium Development Goals is the weakness of the health systems in many low and middle income countries, and their struggle to effectively provide health care to populations in need. Research into health systems aims to improve health care delivery; however, multiple definitions of this type of research exist and this lack of clarity is negatively affecting the credibility, and hence progress, of this research. http://phys.org/news209065520.html Medicine & Health Mon, 15 Nov 2010 17:45:29 EST news209065520 Carbon pollution and over-use of Earth's natural resources have become so critical that, on current trends, we will need a second planet to meet our needs by 2030, the WWF said on Wednesday. http://phys.org/news206184374.html Space & Earth Wed, 13 Oct 2010 11:30:02 EST news206184374 Increased global attention and research needs to be given to stroke prevention and the social and economic effects of the condition in developing countries, according to an academic at the University of East Anglia (UEA). http://phys.org/news205663911.html Medicine & Health Thu, 07 Oct 2010 10:40:01 EST news205663911 Ghanaian Obstetrics and Gynecology residents say in-country training programs contributed to their decision to remain in their home country to practice medicine, new University of Michigan research shows. http://phys.org/news205042593.html Medicine & Health Thu, 30 Sep 2010 05:50:04 EST news205042593 According to the United Nations Foundation, there are about 5 billion mobile-device subscribers worldwide. Two-thirds of those are in low- and middle-income countries, many of whose citizens lack easy access to health care and must travel great distances — often hundreds of miles — to the nearest medical clinic. http://phys.org/news204811606.html Medicine & Health Mon, 27 Sep 2010 13:07:05 EST news204811606 Global efforts to tackle millions of preventable child and maternal deaths will fail to extend gains unless world leaders act now to pour more healthcare resources directly into families and communities, according to a new World Vision report launched today. http://phys.org/news203958881.html Medicine & Health Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:14:57 EST news203958881 China's health minister said Tuesday he was concerned about the HIV/AIDS situation among migrant workers, but added the Asian nation had managed to contain the "fast spread" of the disease. http://phys.org/news203674354.html Medicine & Health Tue, 14 Sep 2010 09:12:52 EST news203674354 Sub-Saharan Africa has only 11% of the world's population, yet more than half of the world's maternal, newborn and child deaths, and two-thirds of the world's AIDS deaths. New data reveal that the pace of mortality reduction is accelerating. With only 5 years remaining before the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) should be met, urgent action in countries is needed — not global statistics and competitions over estimates. http://phys.org/news196402645.html Medicine & Health Tue, 22 Jun 2010 05:20:38 EST news196402645 A new study shows that saving rainforests and protecting land in national parks and reserves reduced poverty in two developing countries, according to research by a Georgia State University professor. http://phys.org/news194002311.html Space & Earth Tue, 25 May 2010 11:10:01 EST news194002311 Public health and international development experts at the University of British Columbia are calling for a "social offset" mechanism to set aside a portion of research funding slated for neglected tropical diseases (NTD) to address broader social determinants of disease. http://phys.org/news193422622.html Medicine & Health Tue, 18 May 2010 17:32:12 EST news193422622 Biodiversity loss is undermining global development, leading scientists warn. The paper brings together a broad group of scientists and policy makers, including Natural History Museum plant expert Dr Sandra Knapp. http://phys.org/news173544040.html Biology Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:50:01 EST news173544040 Hundreds of thousands of college students from around the world vied in a Microsoft challenge to find ways that technology can help achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals. http://phys.org/news166434575.html Technology Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:50:04 EST news166434575