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- March 24, 2016
Renewable energy investments: Major milestones reached, new world record set
UN Environment Programme, Paris / Nairobi 24 Mar 2016 FILE – In this file photo dated Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015, an array of solar panels
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- February 26, 2016
Pollinators Vital to Our Food Supply Under Threat
IPBES, Bonn / Office of the Science Advisor to the Prime Minister of Malaysia 26 Feb 2016 Assessment Details Options for Safeguarding Pollinators Kuala Lumpur
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- November 18, 2015
Powerful new global arena needed to confront coming water challenges, elite UN board warns
UN S-G’s Advisory Board, Water & Sanitation 18 Nov 2015 Blunt valedictory report from Secretary-General’s water and sanitation advisory board suggests routes to next generation world water
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- November 3, 2015
Vast energy value in human waste
United Nations University – Institute for Water, Environment and Health — Hamilton, Canada 3 Nov 2015 Safe, systematic collection of human waste in low-resource countries
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- October 11, 2015
To reach CO2, energy goals, blend technologies with stable policies: World electricity firms
Global Sustainable Electricity Partnership, Montreal 11 October, 2015 Decarbonizing electricity: After 2 years of international consultations, world’s leading utilities publish major report for Paris
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- October 1, 2015
Water problem hotspots demand effective new approaches to international cooperation
UN University – INWEH, Hamilton 1 Oct 2015 Importance of water cooperation grows as climate changes advance; Tajikistan Foreign Minister honored for water-related leadership
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- September 15, 2015
World loses trillions of dollars worth of nature’s benefits each year due to land degradation
UN University – INWEH, Hamilton, Canada 15-SEP-2015 To better inform the tradeoffs involved in land use choices around the world, experts have assessed the value
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- August 30, 2015
Discarded electronics mismanaged in Europe equals 10 X the volume of e-waste exported
United Nations University, Bonn 30 Aug, 2015 UN University, INTERPOL, partners conclude 2-year inquiry; report recommends ways to better enforce laws, monitor e-waste trade; cooperation vital
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- July 9, 2015
Investing ~3.5% GDP in science, technology, innovation: benchmark for sustainable development
UNSG’s Scientific Advisory Board Paris 9 July 2015 UN Secretary-General’s Scientific Advisory Board calls for advisor, not observer seat for science at leaders’ policy-making table; recommends
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- June 17, 2015
Renewable energy’s record year helps uncouple growth of global economy and CO2 emissions
REN21 (Renewable Energy for the 21st Century), Paris Record installations for wind and solar PV in 2014; renewable energy targets created in 20 more countries,
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- April 19, 2015
Discarded kitchen, laundry, bathroom equipment comprises over half of E-waste: UNU
United Nations University, Bonn 19 April 2015 End-of-life electronic, electrical equipment totals 41.8 million metric tonnes in 2014 E-waste last year contained $52 billion in resources, large
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- March 31, 2015
Renewables re-energized: Green energy investments worldwide surge 17% to $270 billion in 2014
UN Environment Programme, Paris, Nairobi 31-Mar-2015 Driven by Solar and Wind, World Investments Reverse 2-year Dip, Brush Aside Challenge from Sharply Lower Oil Price; 103gw
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- February 22, 2015
Achieve international water goals to preempt looming conflicts born of desperation: UN
United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton CANADA 22-FEB-2015 Corruption, siphoning 30 percent of water sector funding, must end for world development
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- December 23, 2014
Vulnerability to dengue virus: UN University publishes 1st global maps
UN University INWEH (Institute for Water, Environment & Health ), Hamilton CANADA 23-DEC-2014 Large Parts Of Europe, South America Face Rising Vulnerability The first-ever maps of
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- December 9, 2014
Inclusive Wealth Index shows more than half of countries ‘consuming beyond their means’
United Nations University – International Human Dimensions Programme, Bonn; UN Environment Programme, Nairobi; UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development 9-DEC-2014
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- December 9, 2014
Creating smarter cities to promote healthier people: new global science program debuts
United Nations University UNU International Institute for Global Health, Kuala Lumpur 9 Dec. 2014 ‘Science of Systems’ comes of age in pioneering interdisciplinary programme; Secretariat
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- November 19, 2014
Beyond infrastructure – New attitudes also needed to end open defecation: UN (World Toilet Day)
UN Water (Geneva / New York) One billion people don’t use toilets: 1 in 6 people in developing regions; New UN-Water GLAAS findings underscore critical gaps in
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- October 28, 2014
World losing 2,000 hectares of farm soil daily to salt damage
United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton CANADA 28-Oct-2014 Salt-spoiled soils worldwide: 20 percent of all irrigated lands — an area equal to
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- October 9, 2014
Pipeline to replenish vanishing Dead Sea a bridge to Mid-East security, peace
United Nations University, Hamilton Canada, and InterAction Council, Toronto 9-Oct-2014 Experts’ address universal concerns identified by former world leaders: World water crisis, sectarianism, energy, denuclearization
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- July 2, 2014
Zone tropical coastal oceans; manage them more like land resources: Scientists
United Nations University – Institute for Water, Environment and Health 2-Jul-2014 Business-as-usual management policies risks well-being of 2 billion+ people Satellite Images Depict the Growth
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- June 15, 2014
Health impacts of planetary change, swelling cities: New assignment for UN think tank in Malaysia
United Nations University – International Institute for Global Health, Malaysia 15-Jun-2014 Study in Uganda shows under-18s most vulnerable to cholera, typhoid, acute diarrhea, other water-related
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- June 3, 2014
Developing world policies help power global renewable energy generation to record
REN21, Paris (Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century) 03-Jun-2014 Now 95 emerging economies nurture renewable energy growth through supportive policies, up six-fold from