Regulating Stem Cell Research: Students at 5,000 Canadian High Schools Look for Answers that Have Long Mired MPs
Joint Center for Bioethics, University of Toronto Students at more than 5,000 Canadian high schools this year will receive tools […]
Mountains of the Seas
21 Aug 2003 Census of Marine Life International Experts Meet to Expand Study of Seamounts and Submarine Canyons As These
Ottawa Commits $3M to Ongoing Efforts from Hamilton to Relieve Water Problems in Developing Countries
United Nations University, Institute for Water, Environment and Health New Assistant Director Brings Extensive Experience in Move to UNU-INWEH Headquarters; Will
More refugees turning to human smugglers – report
United Nations University 20 June 2003 The institution of asylum is “under grave threat” as nations erect ever-higher walls during
Early justice is pre-requisite to restoring legal, political and social order in war-torn states: UN University authors
United Nations University, Tokyo 27 April 2003 New book defines essential building blocks for societies disrupted by conflict Judges should
Political Inertia Exacerbates Water Crisis, Says World Water Development Report
United Nations University / UNESCO 5 March, 2003 First UN system-wide evaluation of global water resources Faced with “inertia at
SARS Crisis Highlights Need for Ethical Framework to Guide Decisions During Infectious Outbreaks
Joint Center for Bioethics, University of Toronto Responding to important challenges raised by Toronto’s handling of the SARS crisis, experts
Greater public role in health care spending decisions needed more than extra money to cure ailing system
Joint Center for Bioethics, University of Toronto Amid mounting pressure for a massive injection of funds into Medicare, one of
Experts rank top 10 biotechnologies for improving global health within 5-10 years
Joint Center for Bioethics, University of Toronto First list of priority technologies to avoid looming ‘genomics divide’ between
New guidelines for MDs draw line between relief of suffering and euthanasia
Joint Centre for Bioethics, Toronto 12 Sept 2002 Intensive care unit physicians need to be comfortable prescribing drugs in whatever
New UNU ads broadcast on CNN International
United Nations University September 2002 A third series of television public service announcements about UN University’s work to promote sustainable
UN Oceans Atlas Provides First Comprehensive Real-Time Tool To Observe State Of World’s Oceans
5 June, 2002 United Nations Washington / Rome / Paris – The UN and leading international scientific agencies will launch
War, exploitation and pollution threaten mountain ecosystems, says UNU expert
United Nations University 27 January, 2002 The degradation of mountain ecosystems — home to 600 million people and the source
Mountain Ecosystems Endangered: War, exploitation and pollution threaten freshwater source for half of world’s population
United Nations University, Tokyo The degradation of mountain ecosystems – home to 600 million people and the source of water
Great Lakes “starting to exhale,” cleansing themselves of accumulated chemicals
Environment Canada, Toronto 28 September, 2001 With lower pollution levels in the air, Lakes start to “out-gas” PCBs, pesticides Significant
Lessons From the 1997-98 El Nino: Once Burned, Twice Shy?
United Nations University 27 Oct 2000 Thousands of human casualties and tens of billions of dollars in economic damage will
Greening the WTO: Five Things the World Trade Body Should Do — And One it Should Not
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), Winnipeg Canada’s International Institute for Sustainable Development, in a departure from the position adopted
Environmental Crisis As Seen By World Youth: “Don’t Treat Earth As Poorly As Parents Have”
United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi Pachamama, Our Earth, Our Future, is launched as educational guide for youth to environmental problems,
Africa may be able to feed just 40% of its population in 2025
United Nations University, Institute for Natural Resources in Africa Soil Infertility, Malnutrition at Root of Half of African Child Deaths
Global Biodiversity Outlook 2000: UNEP launches definitive study of global environmental crisis – concludes time is running out
United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi Today, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) launches Global Environment Outlook 2000 (GEO-2000) – the
Blueprint to Solve Global Forest Crisis Presented by Top World Leaders World Commission Proposes New Political Structure to Save World’s Forests
World Commission on Forests and Sustainable Development The world can satisfy its material needs from forests without jeopardizing their ecological
Unsafe Water: 3.3 Billion Illnesses and 5.3 Million Deaths Yearly Price Tab for Safe Water $50 to $105 Per Person
United Nations University, Tokyo 18 March 1999 Clean, safe water can be brought to the 1.4 billion people around the