News tagged with industrialised countries
Over a billion tonnes of food wasted every year: UN
Around a third of the food produced in the world every year -- around 1.3 billion tons -- gets lost or wasted, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation said on Wednesday.
May 11, 2011 |
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World's poorest children among first to receive new life-saving pneumococcal vaccines
Millions of infants and young children in the world's poorest countries will receive potentially life-saving vaccines that help protect against pneumococcal disease, including pneumonia -- the world's biggest childhood killer, ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 23, 2010 |
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Laos says building of controversial dam on hold
Laos has postponed construction of a controversial dam on the Mekong, an official said Thursday, dismissing fears that the work was going ahead despite growing regional opposition.
May 10, 2012 |
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The human cost of economic policy
New research will bring social scientists closer to uncovering the economic basis of a “gigantic human catastrophe” that followed the fall of communism in the former Soviet Union.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 07, 2012 |
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Energy guzzler Singapore boosts 'green' buildings
From the bone-chilling air conditioning that pumps through Singapore's malls and offices to lights that burn all night, the city state is one of Asia's most intensive energy users.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Apr 24, 2012 |
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Action needed to keep fish on the menu in 2050
The latest study suggests we may still be able to eat as much fish as we do today 40 years from now. But for that to happen, we'll have to change our ways, say scientists.
Apr 23, 2012 |
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Educated women do more paid work than in the 1970s
The time diaries of working age men and women in the UK reveal that women in the 2000s who went to college or university spent more time doing paid work and did less housework compared with similarly educated ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 17, 2012 |
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UN emission market needs urgent reform
The United Nations (UN) global carbon market requires substantial reform because it too often fails to support the projects and people it is meant to help, according to new research from the Economic and Social Research Council ...
Mar 15, 2012 |
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The carriers of memory
Almost 100 years after the outbreak of World War I, public opinion about war in many of the countries that fought appears to have shifted completely. Historian Jay Winter explains how poetry, art and film ...
Mar 07, 2012 |
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Singapore top carbon emitter in Asia-Pacific: WWF
Affluent Singapore had the largest carbon footprint per head in the Asia-Pacific in 2010, conservation group WWF said Monday.
Mar 05, 2012 |
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EU 'open' to talks on airlines tax, but won't change law
EU officials said Sunday they will negotiate with international partners angry at what they see as a climate tax on airlines, but refused to change hotly disputed legislation despite fears in Germany.
Mar 04, 2012 |
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China accuses US firm over child lead poisoning
Authorities in Shanghai have accused US Fortune 500 battery maker Johnson Controls and several other companies of emitting excessive amounts of lead blamed for poisoning dozens of children.
Feb 27, 2012 |
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