Heatwaves, typhoons, floods, landslides: Researchers detail rising health risks of disasters

UNU Int’l Institute Global Health, Kuala Lumpur 18 July 2016 Assembled by UNU-IIGH, six papers underline the value of applying science, technology to reduce disaster-related health risks;

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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‘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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