United Nations

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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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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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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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

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Beyond GDP: innovative yardsticks of well-being, wealth

Malaysian Industry ­Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT), Kuala Lumpur Malaysia hosts UN-backed symposium: ‘Beyond Gross Domestic Product — Transitioning into Sustainability’ Birth weight, hours

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Renewable energy market share climbs despite 2013 dip in investments

U.N. Environment Programme, Paris / Nairobi 7-Apr-2014 Renewables account for 44 percent of 2013’s newly-installed electricity generating capacity despite global investment dropping for second year

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World’s first e-waste map reveals national volumes, international flows

United Nations University, Solving the Ewaste Problem, Bonn 15 December, 2013 Annual world volume of end-of-life electronics expected to jump one-third to 65.4 million tonnes

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Indigenous knowledge: preserving biodiversity, ecosystem services

UN Intergov’l Platform on Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services (IPBES), Bonn 8 December 2013 IPBES experts cite importance of ‘co-production’ of information with indigenous people With

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Most nations lack means to assess biodiversity, key ecosystem services and their value: Experts

UN Intergov’l Platform on Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services, Bonn 5-Nov-2013 Most of the world’s nations — unanimously committed to protecting biodiversity — nevertheless cannot measure

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Economic rewards of better land management: Estimated 2.3 billion tons of crops worth $1.4 trillion

United Nations University, Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton, Canada 24-Sep-2013 UN-backed report, ‘Economics of Land Degradation,’ debuts at world desertification conference, Namibia Adopting

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Rising use of wastewater in forecast but world lacks data on ‘massive potential resource’

United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton, Canada 5 Sept. 2013 UN-backed study says annual treated wastewater in North America roughly equals

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Scientists sequence genome of high-value grape, seek secrets of wine’s aroma

United Nations University – BIOLAC (Biotechnology for Latin America and the Caribbean) 2 Sept. 2013 Marking 25th year, UNU-BIOLAC also announces brokered breakthrough to diagnose

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Managing shared waters: Treasury of papers helps capture 20 years of lessons

United Nations University Institute for Water Environment and Health, Canada Global Environmental Facility IW:LEARN, Slovakia 25 July 2013 Sharing Nile’s vital flow through 11 nations, water

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Renewable energy: World invests $244 billion in 2012; shift to developing countries underway

UN Environment Programme / REN21 12-Jun-2013 Installed capacity continues to grow as solar prices drop 30-40 percent New wind installations surge For only the second

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Even farm animal diversity is declining as accelerating species loss threatens humanity

Chair IPBES / Science Advisor to the Prime Minister, Malaysia / Malaysian Industry‑Government Group for High Technology 27-May-2013 Founding Chair of new world biodiversity body offers

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Shifting global water systems: markers of a new geological epoch, “The Anthropocene”

Global Water System Project, Bonn 19-May-2013 Bonn Declaration issued by ‘Water in the Anthropocene’ science conference:  A majority on Earth face severe self-inflicted water handicap

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‘Water Security’: Experts propose a UN definition on which much depends

United Nations University, Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH, Hamilton, Canada) / UN-Water 22-Mar-2013, World Water Day / International Year of Water Cooperation Amid

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Preserve the services of mangroves — Earth’s invaluable coastal forests, experts urge

United Nations University, Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Canada 14 Nov 2012 Loss of mangroves to fish farms, other development, a poor economic trade-off

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UN experts warn of ‘water bankruptcy’ for many regions after reviewing 200 major global projects

United Nations University, Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Canada 23 Sep 2012 Study highlights horizon issues for world’s freshwater and marine systems A study

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Former world leaders call on UN Security Council to recognize water as a top concern

United Nations University, Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Canada InterAction Council, Tokyo Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation, Canada 10-Sep-2012 World confronts serious water crisis,

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E-waste: Annual gold, silver ‘deposits’ in new high-tech goods worth $21 billion; less than 15% recovered

6-Jul-2012 United Nations University ‘Urban mining’ deposits are 40 to 60 times richer than mined ore, experts tell 1st GeSI and StEP e-Waste Academy in

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Global investment in renewable energy powers to record $257B

United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi and REN21, Paris Installations up but manufacturer overcapacity drives down margins; Renewable energy sector maturation recalls early days of auto industry

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