Scientists from 55 countries opened a two-day meeting Monday to mull how to use science to fight poverty and promote sustainable development.
Other
Feb 25, 2013
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A safe supply of clean water is necessary for human survival—yet 2.2 billion people around the world lack access to this basic human right. A global crisis is looming on water security, which has been escalated by climate ...
Earth Sciences
May 23, 2023
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The COVID-19 pandemic has elevated consumers' focus on sustainability and willingness to pay out of their own pockets—or even take a pay cut—for a sustainable future, according to a new IBM Institute for Business Value ...
Social Sciences
Apr 22, 2021
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Modern production is global, and globalization persists through pandemics, war, xenophobia, and trade wars. It persists because global supply chains enhance product quality while reducing costs. Globalization continues because ...
Economics & Business
Jan 30, 2023
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Just over half a century ago, world leaders gathered for the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment, one of the first international efforts to protect the Earth and develop policies for sustainability and to reduce ...
Environment
Jun 13, 2023
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In 2015, the United Nations identified 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be achieved by 2030. Since then, the SDGs have been woven into research programs, national and international policy, and election campaigns ...
Environment
Nov 18, 2022
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As the world's population continues to grow, ensuring access to clean and safe water has become an increasingly important concern, yet little is known about how surface water quality will change in the future.
Earth Sciences
Jul 17, 2023
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In the midst of today's cost of living crisis, many people who are critical of the idea of economic growth see an opportunity. In their recent book The Future is Degrowth, for example, prominent advocates Matthias Schmelzer, ...
Economics & Business
Sep 15, 2022
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Anthropogenic climate change has a significant impact on the geographical distribution and phenology of species. Apis laboriosa and Apis dorsata are two species of giant honeybees distributed in Asia and play important roles ...
Ecology
Sep 19, 2022
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A 14-year-old policy to encourage sustainable logging in Peru's Amazonian forest has unwittingly led to large-scale plundering, a study said Thursday.
Environment
Apr 17, 2014
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