The sad state of biodiversity
Factfile on biodiversity ahead of talks opening Monday under the UN's Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Hyderabad, India.
Ecology
Oct 5, 2012
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News tagged with millennium development goals
Queen, politicians, Nobel winner named to UN social panel
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.
Social Sciences
Jul 31, 2012
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Students tackle world's woes at Microsoft Imagine Cup
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.
Other
Jul 10, 2009
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Australian birds status declining faster than elsewhere in world
A newly published study shows Australians must work with international partners if they are to save all of Australia's birds.
Ecology
Mar 1, 2012
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Sustainable development goals need a final push with just 10 years to go
Since their adoption by 193 countries in 2015, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals have been hailed as the "most ambitious" and "transformative" agenda for fixing the world's biggest challenges to date.
Environment
Mar 9, 2020
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UN: Fewer hungry people in the world despite wars, poverty
The number of hungry people around the world has dropped to 795 million from over a billion a quarter-century ago despite natural disasters, ongoing conflicts and poverty, the three U.N. food agencies said Wednesday.
Social Sciences
May 27, 2015
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Leaders call on UN to set new zero poverty target
The leaders of Britain, Indonesia and Liberia on Thursday called on the United Nations to set a target of 2030 to eradicate extreme poverty, as the spearhead of new development goals.
Social Sciences
May 30, 2013
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'Must haves' for integrating planetary well-being and human well-being
One of the next major challenges for research and policy on sustainability is setting the post-2015 development agenda. This challenge is a direct result from the formal ending of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in ...
Environment
Aug 27, 2013
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Maps used to convey relationship between rainfall and 'human vulnerability' in 8 countries
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 ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 11, 2012
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Landmark Rio summit on 'green' economy opens
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.
Environment
Jun 20, 2012
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