United Nations University – International Institute for Global Health, Malaysia 15-Jun-2014 Study in Uganda shows under-18s most vulnerable to cholera, […]
REN21, Paris (Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century) 03-Jun-2014 Now 95 emerging economies nurture renewable energy growth through
Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto 22 May 2014 New investments top $12 million: 4 scale-up projects plus 61 seed grants announced
Malaysian Industry Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT), Kuala Lumpur Malaysia hosts UN-backed symposium: ‘Beyond Gross Domestic Product — Transitioning
U.N. Environment Programme, Paris / Nairobi 7-Apr-2014 Renewables account for 44 percent of 2013’s newly-installed electricity generating capacity despite global
Munk-Gordon Arctic Security Program 31-Mar-2014 Response capacity in Arctic, already stretched, faces fast-growing challenges as North develops: Report Inadequate risk
Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge MA 25-Mar-2014 Harvard professor calls on developing world, development institutions to revisit, apply proven economic formula
Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto 9-Mar-2014 Scale-up of LGTmedical’s Phone Oximeter™ capitalized with $2 million Canadian private-public investment; device could save
International Union for the Conservation of Nature, Geneva 20 January, 2014 Unique collaboration between oil/ gas industry, scientists, conservationists proves
Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto January 10, 2014 In Bhutan: Clinical tests of new app for diagnosing seizure disorders; $300 device
United Nations University, Solving the Ewaste Problem, Bonn 15 December, 2013 Annual world volume of end-of-life electronics expected to jump
UN Intergov’l Platform on Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services (IPBES), Bonn 8 December 2013 IPBES experts cite importance of ‘co-production’ of
Deep Carbon Observatory, Washington DC 8 December 2013 New formula for fast, abundant H2 production may help power fuel cells,
Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto 21 Nov 2013 Grand Challenges Canada, funded by the Government of Canada, today extends seed grants
UN Intergov’l Platform on Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services, Bonn 5-Nov-2013 Most of the world’s nations — unanimously committed to protecting
Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto 23 October 2013 4 projects nominated for grants up to $2 million; 10 projects awarded $270,000
United Nations University, Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton, Canada 24-Sep-2013 UN-backed report, ‘Economics of Land Degradation,’ debuts at
Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology, Kuala Lumpur 23 September 2013 Venture capital fund to seed building of green energy
United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton, Canada 5 Sept. 2013 UN-backed study says annual treated wastewater
United Nations University – BIOLAC (Biotechnology for Latin America and the Caribbean) 2 Sept. 2013 Marking 25th year, UNU-BIOLAC also
Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto Saving Lives at Birth 31 July 2013 Some 22 projects from nine countries: Australia, Canada, Guatemala,
United Nations University Institute for Water Environment and Health, Canada Global Environmental Facility IW:LEARN, Slovakia 25 July 2013 Sharing Nile’s vital